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Explosive moment RFK Jr brutally attacks Bernie Sanders over his Big Pharma donors
DailyMail ^ | Jan 30, 2025 | ALEXA LARDIERI U.S. DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 01/30/2025 2:06:35 PM PST by Aquamarine

Robert F Kennedy Jr and Sen Bernie Sanders had an explosive clash over the senator's links to Big Pharma as Trump's health nominee came out swinging in the second day of his confirmation hearing.

The spat started when RFK Jr, who has been tapped to be head of the Health and Human Services (HHS), promised he would 'make America healthier than other countries in the world.'

Sen Sanders questioned how RFK Jr could do so without guaranteeing free healthcare to every American, which appeared to set the nominee off.

Referring to an earlier point in the hearing about corruption in the healthcare system, RFK Jr said: 'By the way Bernie, the problem of corruption is not just in the federal agencies — it's in Congress too.

'Almost all the members of this panel, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry and protecting their interests.'

Applause was heard from the gallery before Sen Sanders, his face visibly flushed, responded furiously with denials.

He said: 'I ran for president like you. I got millions and millions of contributions - they did not come from the executives, not one nickel of PAC [political action committee] money from the pharmaceutical [industry executives]. They came from workers.'

However, RFK Jr refuted, and said in his 2020 presidential election bid, Sen Sanders was 'the single largest receiver of pharmaceutical money' and accepted $1.5million.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; bigpharma; bigpharma4sanders; confirmation; corruption; denate; rfkjr; robertfkennedyjr; sanders; theonesies; trainedseals
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1 posted on 01/30/2025 2:06:35 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

What about the onesie?


2 posted on 01/30/2025 2:08:15 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Aquamarine

boom

direct hit

bernie was spitting more than usual


3 posted on 01/30/2025 2:09:10 PM PST by joshua c
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To: Aquamarine

I like this man. He fights.


4 posted on 01/30/2025 2:09:48 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Aquamarine

Badda Bing, Badda BOOM.


5 posted on 01/30/2025 2:11:41 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Aquamarine

Bernie wears Commie labeled Onesies?

Otherwise I don’t see Bernie’s intensive interest in the issue.


6 posted on 01/30/2025 2:12:21 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Aquamarine
"Sen Sanders questioned how RFK Jr could [make American healthcare best in the world] without guaranteeing free healthcare to every American..."

Because "free" requires compromises, Bern.

7 posted on 01/30/2025 2:13:23 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Aquamarine

8 posted on 01/30/2025 2:15:27 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Williams

Do you support the onesies? Well, do you?

Amazing that this crank’s views went mainstream in the Democrat party, in large part duentotnhebrise of people of AOC. When she beat that barnacle-covered ‘rat entrenched POS in the primary because he didn’t bother to campaign could well have been a huge turning point in the history of the country


9 posted on 01/30/2025 2:16:54 PM PST by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Aquamarine

Kennedy was trying to not laugh at the absurdity of sanders comments.

I’m SURE Kennedy can produce the documentation to back up his claim.

Besides, I doubt every other country in this world guarantees healthcare.


10 posted on 01/30/2025 2:17:24 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: j.havenfarm

Be pardon “due to the rise of” is what I meant to say


11 posted on 01/30/2025 2:17:35 PM PST by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: metmom
Besides, I doubt every other country in this world guarantees healthcare.

Hitler promised universal healthcare. Just sayin'.

12 posted on 01/30/2025 2:23:34 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Aquamarine

Big Pharma loves the Democrats.


13 posted on 01/30/2025 2:24:31 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Aquamarine

I’m glad he’s fighting. Meekly making nice with these crooked democrat/socialists doesn’t get their votes, anyway.


14 posted on 01/30/2025 2:25:02 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Aquamarine

And Warren received 1.22 MILLION JUST LAST YEAR


15 posted on 01/30/2025 2:25:35 PM PST by Singermom
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To: Aquamarine
Expose Bernie's hypocrisy to the Bernie Bros!
Hooray for RFK!
16 posted on 01/30/2025 2:27:01 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Singermom
I wish he would call her out I loathe her as much as I loathe Pelosi. How dare these hypocrites question anyone about ethics.
17 posted on 01/30/2025 2:29:23 PM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Aquamarine

What is probably worse than lying is lying about lying. Sanders does it all. The list of big pharma “donation” receivers is out and Sanders is at the top of the list followed by his little squaw friend Poco.


18 posted on 01/30/2025 2:29:41 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

He might go down, but he’s going down swinging.

And a lot of longtime Rat voters are going to leave the Democratic Party for good.


19 posted on 01/30/2025 2:30:01 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: alancarp

Bernie wants single payer but notice for Obamacare, ALL senators and Congress members are EXEMPT, notice that..gee Bernie, if you love single payer, have it for YOURSELF but he wont


20 posted on 01/30/2025 2:30:19 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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