Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department faced intense scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing due to his long history of anti-vaccine advocacy and promotion of conspiracy theories. Kennedy repeatedly denied opposing vaccines, but senators questioned his past statements, including expressing a wish to have his children unvaccinated. His past claims about the safety of vaccines and the alleged military origins of Lyme disease raised concerns among lawmakers.
’s controversial nominee to lead the Health and Human Services Department, faced tough questions about his long record of anti-vaccine advocacy and other conspiracy theories at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.
Kennedy said those remarks were taken out of context, telling the senator that “bringing this up right now is dishonest.” But in his hearing on Wednesday, Kennedy sought to assuage skeptical senators about his anti-vaccine record. “Anybody that believes that ought to look at the measles book you wrote, saying parents have been misled in saying measles is a deadly disease. That’s not true,” Wyden said.Sen. Michael Bennet also pressed Kennedy about spreading a wild conspiracy theory about the tick-borne illness Lyme disease, claiming it is a military bioweapon and blaming vaccine research for creating the disease.
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