Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Health secretary
The Senate voted along party lines to confirm Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Health secretary. Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, joined ranks with the Democrats during the vote. One of the main issues that the Democrats had with Kennedy was his opinions on the vaccines. This concern extended to some of the Republicans, including Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska. However, these senators ultimately voted to confirm Kennedy. Coming soon, Senate decision on Kash Patel for FBI Director.
From Fox News:
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was the only Republican to vote against Kennedy’s nomination. McConnell, the former longtime GOP Senate leader, suffered from polio as a child and is a major proponent of vaccines.
Kennedy survived back-to-back combustible Senate confirmation hearings late last month, when Trump’s nominee to lead 18 powerful federal agencies that oversee the nation’s food and health faced plenty of verbal fireworks over past controversial comments, including his repeated claims in recent years linking vaccines to autism, which have been debunked by scientific research.
During the hearings, Democrats also spotlighted Kennedy’s service for years as chair or chief legal counsel for Children’s Health Defense, the nonprofit organization he founded that has advocated against vaccines and sued the federal government numerous times, including a challenge over the authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children.
With Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee voting not to advance Kennedy, the spotlight was on Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., a physician and chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
Cassidy issued a last minute endorsement before the committee level vote, giving Kennedy a party-line 14-13 victory to advance his confirmation to the full Senate.
Cassidy had emphasized during Kennedy’s confirmation hearings that “your past of undermining confidence in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments concerns me,” which left doubt about his support.
However, after speaking again with the nominee, Cassidy rattled off a long list of commitments Kennedy made to him, including quarterly hearings before the HELP Committee; meetings multiple times per month; that HELP Committee can choose representatives on boards or commissions reviewing vaccine safety; and a 30-day notice to the committee, plus a hearing, for any changes in vaccine safety reviews.
Additional Reading:
Steinhauser, P. (2025, February 13). Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy Jr. to serve as Trump’s Health secretary. Fox News. Link.
Category: Politics
“…voted along party lines to confirm…” And, again, Mitch The Bitch voted with the “party” that he truly is in bed with…the Demonrats. Anyone else think that Mr. Kennedy still has an attitude of the “party” killing his Daddy…and his uncle? Phuque the “party” line and cast a vote for a qualified person…no matter what the “party”. Which, full disclosure…I personally think that we have a “uni-party” that is only been concerned with maintaining their power and control over We, The People, and are running skeered that enough people are finally waking up and said that “enough is enough”. Maybe more of the demonrats would’ve voted for Mr. Kennedy if he’d of been, fat, out of shape, and wearing a dress.
Hell yeah!
Once again “Blubberneck” Mitch-the-bitch McConnell proves himself to be a 24K RINO, a lifelong DC insider, part of the sewer.🕳️
I wonder who will comment???
Someone with the handle that rhymes with blowmisar whining in 3…2…1…
He might not come back to shit his pantyhose in front of everyone after getting his ass kicked to kingdom come in the other threads!
He won’t be able to stay away. He’ll be here soon to save us all from ourselves.
His motto is “whip me, beat me, make feel cheap!”.
Well, he is cheap.
I thought it was, “whip me ,beat me, make me write bad checks”
I heard before the confirmation that a dem senator, who was a lifelong friend of RFK jr, would break with other dems to vote for him. I guess that didn’t happen. Friendship and brotherhood don’t mean anything to these d-rats. You go against the machine, you’re an enemy. An other.
I wonder what his Uber Hollywood Lib wife Cheryl Himes thinks of her party after what they did/tried to do to her husband? Once you break the lock-step march and step foot off the Democratic Plantation, you’re persona non grata.
Last I heard she was supportive of his independent venture in the 2024 Presidential race. Who knows what she thinks about her hubby being in the Don’s cabinet 🤷♂️
Soon.
This is just SO wrong. If there is any “grace” to found it is the fact that little Bobby has thoroughly pissed off just about everyone in that filthy klan.
Hell, even Al-Gore could have been a better candidate.
Gore the serial liar? That guy?
Makes me think you forgot the /s tag.