Posted on 01/30/2025 2:08:40 PM PST by Jyotishi
[Video] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Gov. Josh Green’s allegation that he caused many deaths in Samoa by discouraging the measles vaccine.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Gov. Josh Green was in the U.S. Capitol hearing room Wednesday while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied Green’s allegation that he caused many deaths in Samoa by discouraging the measles vaccine.
Green responded with profanity on national television.
Speaking on CNN and MSNBC cable outlets after the hearing, the governor was clearly angry. It was understandable because during his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. basically called Green a liar.
Kennedy, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to be Health and Human Services secretary, told the Senate Finance Committee he had no influence in Samoa.
“I never gave any public statement about vaccines. You cannot find a single Samoan who will say, ‘I didn’t get a vaccine because of Bobby Kennedy,‘” he said. “I went in June of 2019. The measles outbreak started in August. Clearly I had nothing to do with the measles.”
On CNN, Green was asked to respond to Kennedy’s clear denial of Green’s accounts.
“May I?” Green said to host Erin Burnett. “He’s a liar, and it’s bulls---, because he went there and he met with the anti-vax leader, supported that person who was spreading all of this misinformation, and that guy got arrested.”
As lieutenant governor, Green went to Samoa in 2019 to vaccinate thousands of people after 83 people died during a measles outbreak. He blames for Kennedy spreading misinformation after two children died from being accidentally injected with a reagent instead of the vaccine.
At the hearing, Kennedy said the two children died from the vaccine and that’s what caused people not to get vaccinated.
“The government in Samoa banned the MMR vaccine,” Kennedy said under vigorous questioning by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. “I arrived a year later when vaccination rates were already below any any previous level.”
On MSNBC, Green responded, “It’s, it’s bulls---.”
On that program, the governor also disputed Kennedy’s claim there wasn’t proof the 83 deaths were due to measles.
“Most of those people did not have measles. We don’t know what was killing them,” Kennedy said.
Green said his knowledge was firsthand: “I put my hands on a child who was still warm from her fever, but she was deceased.”
Sen. Wyden interrupted Kennedy, accusing him of trying to downplay a well-documented history of vaccine denial.
“He’s trying now to play down his role in Samoa. That’s not what the parents say. That’s not what Gov. Green says,” Wyden said.
Also in the hearing room, but in support of Kennedy, was former Oahu resident Army Maj. Mandy Feindt.
“It was exciting,” she said. “It was exciting to be in the room.”
Feindt said she was supporting Kennedy because he supported her family and others exposed to spilled fuel in their water from Red Hill.
She and Green took a picture together. and she said he was gracious and kind despite her stance.
She said she told Green to do more for the Red Hill families.
“I said I’m looking for the same passion and the same enthusiasm when it comes to the health and safety of our kids, who were poisoned on one of your islands,” Feindt said.
Besides the national media, Green said he personally spoke with 13 senators, including six Republicans, who he says don’t want to vote for Kennedy, but fear retaliation from the president.
Kennedy will be back before the committee Thursday.
Kennedy has zero chance of getting the job, Hope Trump has a good #2 in the bullpen.
““May I?” Green said to host Erin Burnett. “He’s a liar, and it’s bulls-—, because he went there and he met with the anti-vax leader, supported that person who was spreading all of this misinformation, and that guy got arrested.””
Hawaii arrested someone for saying the vaccine might be dangerous?
Green is lying. This video “Who is responsible for the Samoa measles outbreak. What really happened?”by Vinay Prasad, M.D. lays out very clearly the timeline of the epidemic and the reason Samoans rejected the measles vaccine. It had to do with deaths from altered vaccines administered by a nurse.
Green is a democrat hack totally in it for himself.
He uses that immadoktah shtick to wow the numerous low-info types in Hawaii.
The same Governor Green who denies any responsibility of people of Maui being incinerated and their homes lost because of malfeasance and incompetence? People being told to turn around,saving water for the water gods and neglecting the dangers of wildfires and having proper plan? Shoving a Biden $750 check at them and wiping his hands clean of the Maui horror?
Green comes off as the liar.
Probably a good idea to check if he gets any support from big pharma.
[Green said his knowledge was firsthand: “I put my hands on a child who was still warm from her fever, but she was deceased.”]
So, that was how he diagnosed measles?
democrats have special powers when it comes to “Science and medicine” dontchaknow.
It’s okay for Green to curse since Kennedy said he’s a “liar.” But Green calls Kennedy a murderer and that’s no problem i guess.
Joshua Booth Green (born February 11, 1970) is an American politician and physician who has served as the ninth governor of Hawaii since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2018 to 2022, a member of the Hawaii Senate from 2008 to 2018, and a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008.
Is Green a Democrat? Yes. Then he lied.
Who Frigging Cares?
Related, dated January 3, 2025:
Green to argue against RFK Jr. nomination in Washington, D.C.
I read that there were eighteen deaths reported and that only three were due to measles.
senator big pharma, how do you vote?
no
senator big ag, how do you vote?
no
Are you giving odds as I will take that bet!
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