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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If we don’t get RFK, we’ll very likely get the usual industry stooge.
What good did vaxxes do Fetterman? He looooves his vaxes. I hope if RFK is not confirmed 47 can get someone equally disruptive to big pharma through.
And Saul of Tarsus persecuted Christians. The past is the past. The bottom line is that Trump cut a deal with RFK last summer, and Trump is an honorable man who isn’t going to welch on a deal. It’s easy to say, in hindsight, that the deal was unnecessary, and Trump could have won without RFK exiting the race and endorsing him. But it’s impossible to prove such a “what if.” The fact is that we don’t know. I happen to think that Trump’s strategy worked. It was a game of inches in the swing states, and what Trump did worked
Gee, how did that happen? I didn’t see it coming. Democrats are such asses.
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To all those who were hoping otherwise, no, Uncle Festerman is still Deep State’s...
HYSTERICAL Lieawatha, Smith on DEPRESSION MEDICINE..(who the hell is she?), Weirdo Wyden....all BEYOND STUPID!
HYSTERICAL and HYPOCRITICAL! Massachusetts is a LOST STATE!
We can do better than a democrat. I hope he’s turned down. I hope four republicans vote no.
I think he would be great, but I don’t think I can stand listening to his fractured voice foe four years.
I thought rfk did well. But it’s normal for me to have opposing observations from elected politicians.
If RFK Jr. goes against Trump, Trump will simply fire him.
The problem with the hearing had very little to do with RFK. It was those loudmouth evil and obnoxious Demonrats, screaming and not allowing RFK to even answer questions. That harpy Liz Warren just by herself is every man’s nightmare. Imagine being yelled at by that harridan.
I don’t see how Bobby could have done any better.
It didn’t go well for the Democrats however.
CERTAINLY NOT SURPRISING TO FIND MARK KELLY ON THAT LIST.
ANOTHER PERFECT REASON FOR TERM LIMITS.
OBAMA THE WINNER!!!!
Hardly took a lot of time. The archives here were easy to browse.
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