Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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9,003 appearances
249 recordings
72 series
first heard Jun 2023
last heard 5d ago
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
Secretary Kennedy has a history of anti-vaccine activism.
He has emphasized vaccination as a personal choice rather than encouraging more people to get the measles vaccine as the disease spreads across the country.
Here is Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware in one committee hearing.
Kennedy said he's done a great job containing the spread of measles and stressed that it's a global problem.
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina thanked Kennedy for his help containing the outbreak in his state.
Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
Now, so she will have, if she wishes to make a decision independently of them, she shall be allowed to make that decision independently.
That's correct?
I think that what it shows is that voters want to take a stand against so much of the chaos that they see in Washington that's impacting their lives.
And the sort of gamesmanship that the president has pursued, they don't want that going uncontested.
And we had the opportunity with the votes of the people, with a referendum, to take a stand and push back against that.
Will the new director, whoever she is, have the right to make decisions independently of those political appointees and or replace them or otherwise reassign them so they cannot continue to actively undermine trust in immunizations?
Your characterization of the political appointees is wrong.
And the CDC director has that power.
After a history of anti-vaccine activism, Secretary Kennedy has made dramatic changes to vaccine policy.
He often describes vaccines as effective for those who want to take them, framing it as a personal choice.
He seemed to shift that rhetoric in an exchange with Democratic Senator Michael Bennett of Colorado in the Finance Committee.
Some Republican pollsters have warned that Kennedy's stance on vaccines is unpopular.
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
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