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.
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What about the onesie?
boom
direct hit
bernie was spitting more than usual
I like this man. He fights.
Badda Bing, Badda BOOM.
Bernie wears Commie labeled Onesies?
Otherwise I don’t see Bernie’s intensive interest in the issue.
Because "free" requires compromises, Bern.
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
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.
Be pardon “due to the rise of” is what I meant to say
Hitler promised universal healthcare. Just sayin'.
Big Pharma loves the Democrats.
I’m glad he’s fighting. Meekly making nice with these crooked democrat/socialists doesn’t get their votes, anyway.
And Warren received 1.22 MILLION JUST LAST YEAR
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.
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.
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
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