Posted on 01/29/2025 5:53:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who was thought to be open to voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, now says the nominee is in serious trouble after his rocky confirmation hearing.
“I don’t think it went well for him today. I don’t think that was a good one,” he said after Kennedy sparred with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee over his past statements and stance on vaccines.
Fetterman said after the bruising hearing that he thinks Kennedy’s nomination may be “moot.”
“It’s moot,” he said when asked if he’s still open to voting for Kennedy. “I’m not really sure how much support’s going to emerge after that.”
The Pennsylvania Democrat noted that he’s met with Kennedy twice already.
“I think we can all agree that was really a difficult performance,” he said. “I’m not sure he’ll even make it out of the committee.”
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), one of the Democrats who grilled Kennedy at his hearing Wednesday, asked him pointedly about his comments on a podcast that exposure to pesticides could be causing more children to identify as transgender.
Kennedy acknowledged under Bennet’s cross-examination that he “probably did say” that Lyme Disease was a militarily-engineered bioweapon.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), meanwhile, tried to pin down Kennedy on his past views and statements on vaccines in a combative back-and-forth.
“You have a history of trying to take vaccines away from people,” Wyden told him.
RFJ, Jr.’s nomination will be voted on by the Senate Finance Committee, but before that happens, he will appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for a second round of questioning Thursday.
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And a recess appointment if full Senate screws up.
Actually, I remember Nixon appointing a special “energy czar” in 1973.
Thanks for the info, not a surprise that Soetoro took the grand prize in our lifetime.
For those who have not realized, Fetterman is a fake moderate
like Joe Manchin was a fake moderate.
America needs Kennedy.
I wonder if RFK Jr. is rejected, Trump would pick Dr. Oz?
Recess appointment.
LOLLLL!
I’m surprised this vile, caustic witch even has some sort of a husband…
Most of those “Appointees not confirmed” were when opposing parties controlled the Senate and Presidency.
It has been exceedingly rare for a party to tank appointees from their own President.
Pricks.
Totally agree
Hence the quotes around it
You have entirely too much free time on your hands.
Fetterman played games with the Hegseth nomination. Complete faker.
Don’t trust Dr. Oz NO WAY, Dr. Oz doesn’t have the fire in the belly to be a disrupter!! Kennedy has given up a whole lot for this cause, his family, his political party have been trying to destroy him ect. WE MUST rid ourselves of these lobbyists in DC we don’t vote for THEM!!
The dude who said he wouldn’t vote for RFK Jr unless he promised he would force mandatory vaccinations needs to be Nuremburg-Trialed.
Yep.
Heck, if they can do that with a potato -er, President - then they can certainly do it for this.
Its like hes not even an American, its like hes living in Germany or the Orwellian UK, some super authoritarian state.
Id say China but he obviously isn’t Chinese.
Once again the Media/Political machine is lying
MNRA is a gene therapy not a vaccine. CDC has to change the definition to lyingly label it a “vaccine”
I've always thought Trump should just use a workaround to get what he wants anyway.
There is not a person in the Senate who is worth standing in the way of Trump's agenda.
Nominate Biden. lol
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