Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a stern warning to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a report highlighted how one in every of Kennedy’s associates had sought to rescind approval for a polio vaccine.
McConnell, a polio survivor, stated in a press release that “efforts to undermine public confidence in confirmed cures aren’t simply uninformed – they’re harmful.”
“Anyone in search of the Senate’s consent to serve within the incoming Administration would do effectively to keep away from even the looks of affiliation with such efforts,” he added, with out naming Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic who’s President-elect Trump’s alternative to guide the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., takes a query from a reporter throughout a information convention following the weekly Senate Republican coverage luncheon on the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
McConnell’s assertion follows a New York Times report on Friday that highlighted how Kennedy’s private legal professional, Aaron Siri, had represented shoppers in instances that sought to rescind approval for a model of the polio vaccine and others.
“Like tens of millions of households earlier than them, my mother and father knew the ache and concern of watching their little one wrestle with the life-altering analysis of polio. From the age of two, regular life with out paralysis was solely potential for me due to the miraculous mixture of recent medication and a mom’s love. But for tens of millions who got here after me, the true miracle was the saving energy of the polio vaccine,” McConnell stated.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters on the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, N.Y. on Aug. 21, 2024. (Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
“For many years, I’ve been proud to work with devoted advocates – from Rotary International to the Gates Foundation – and use my platform in public life to champion the pursuit of cures for additional generations. I’ve by no means flinched from confronting specious disinformation that threatens the advance of lifesaving medical progress, and I can’t immediately.
The GOP chief was joined by his Democratic counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who demanded that RFK Jr. make his place on the polio vaccine clear.
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Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks after a coverage luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
“This would undoubtedly make America sick once more,” Schumer stated, sharing the Times report on X. “It’s outrageous and harmful for individuals within the Trump Transition to attempt to do away with the polio vaccine that has nearly eradicated polio in America and saved tens of millions of lives. RFK Jr. should state his place on this.”
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The Trump transition group didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
