Washington D.C. — This morning, Republicans in the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. is dangerous and deeply unqualified to lead our nation’s health care system. During his confirmation hearings, Kennedy doubled down on his anti-vaccine views, failed to answer basic questions about our health care system, defended his comments linking vaccines to autism, called Lyme disease a military bioweapon, proposed that Black Americans should be on a different vaccine schedule, and much more. There are alarming revelations about RFK Jr. coming out every day, but Republicans rolled over for Donald Trump and Elon Musk and refused to do the right thing and put the health and safety of Americans first.
Protect Our Care will track all of RFK Jr. and Donald Trump’s attacks on health care and public health via our “Health Care Sabotage Tracker.”
In response, Protect Our Care Executive Director Brad Woodhouse issued the following statement:
“RFK Jr.’s confirmation is a devastating blow to the American health care system. A radical, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist has no place leading America’s health care – especially as we face a slew of public health threats. It is shameful that Republicans have put American lives at risk despite widespread opposition from experts, medical professionals, and scientists. With Democrats voting in unison to stop RFK Jr., every single preventable illness and death that results from this vote lands solely on the shoulders of Republicans. The consequences of his confirmation will touch nearly every household in the nation.”
Background:
- REPORT: RFK Jr. Is An Anti-Vaccine Extremist
- REPORT: Misinformation Kills: RFK Jr’s Deadly Visit To Samoa
- FACT SHEET: RFK Jr. Spread Conspiracy That Lyme Disease Came From a Military Bioweapon
- HEADLINES: ‘Grave Concerns’ About RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Lies, Lack of Qualifications, and Conflicts of Interest After Disastrous Confirmation Hearing
- ROUNDUP: New Polling Shows the Majority of Americans Don’t Trust RFK Jr. to Lead Our Health Care System