Senator Whitehouse tells RFK Jr: ‘You frighten people’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., told President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., that Kennedy scares people.
“Frankly, you frighten people,” Whitehouse said during Kennedy’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Whitehouse’s comments came after he said that there was a measles outbreak in Rhode Island for the first time since 2013, amid a broader discussion about Kennedy’s stance on vaccines.
Kennedy pushed back on "news reports" that he is anti-vaccine and anti-industry in his opening statements Wednesday, noting that all his children are vaccinated. He also has previously said that he isn't interested in taking "away anybody's vaccines."
Posted by Diana Stancy