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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared in Washington for a Senate hearing on his confirmation to be President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services secretary and came face-to-face with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who went bonkers over onesies being sold to parents for their infants.
It's because the clothing items, sold by an organization that Kennedy no longer has an affiliation with, express vaccine-skeptical messages.
One message stated, "Unvaxxed. Unafraid," while the other indicated: "No Vax, No Problem."
Sanders was described as going "unhinged" and demanding whether Kennedy was going to do something about the sales of the clothing by the outside organization.
"Are you supportive of these onesies?" Sanders demanded, over and over.
Kennedy, long known as a vaccine skeptic, has confirmed multiple times that there are good results from some vaccines, but that all vaccines carry with them the possibility of affecting different people in different ways.
Also in the hearing:
Kennedy dismantled claims from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who brought up excerpted comments from Kennedy about his opinion on vaccines.
Kennedy schooled and scolded Wyden:
"Senator, as you know, because it's been repeatedly debunked that statement I made on the Lex Fridman Podcast was a fragment of the statement," Kennedy charged. "He asked me and anyone who goes back and looks at this podcast will see this. He asked me whether there were vaccines that were safe and effective and I said to him some of the live virus vaccines are. And I said there were no vaccines that were safe and effective for every person. Every medicine has people that are sensitive to them, including vaccines. He interrupted me at that point. I've corrected it MANY TIMES, including on national TV. You know about this, Senator Wyden, so bringing this up right now is dishonest."
The Gateway Pundit commented, "The early award for most unhinged lunatic questioner goes to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) who set out from the beginning to conduct a massive character assassination on RFK Jr.. But the man at the forefront of Making America Healthy Again (along with President Trump) was more than ready and blew up his lies."
Also, Kennedy called out Democrats and ripped them for burning money.
"I would ask any of the Democrats who were chuckling just now, do you think all that money, the $900 billion that we're sending to Medicaid every year, has made Americans healthy? Do we think it's working for anybody?"
Kennedy also pointed out the failings of the Obamacare plan, the Affordable Care Act, with concerns about its inefficacy and fiscal wastefulness.
"Americans, by and large, do not like the Affordable Care Act. People are on it, they don't like Medicaid, they like Medicare, and they like private insurance," suggesting a huge overhaul is in order.
He explained the president has asked him to work on the chronic disease epidemic in America, and that's his goal.
