RFK Jr grilled on Covid, vaccines, and past comments at fiery Senate hearing

Reuters

Senator Bill Cassidy, who is also a physician, is now questioning Kennedy. He says he is approaching the questioning as a doctor, not a politician.

The Republican says Trump deserved a Nobel Prize for overseeing Operation Warp Speed – the programme which oversaw the development of the Covid-19 vaccines in 2020, during Trump’s first term.

Cassidy asks if Kennedy agrees with this assessment, and the secretary says he does agree, before Cassidy interrupts him to say that doesn’t seem to be the case, because Cassidy argues Kennedy has attempted to restrict access to the Covid-19 vaccine.

The questioning turns tense as the two talk over each other.

“Is this a question… or is this a speech you don’t want me to answer?” Kennedy responds.

Cassidy ends his questioning by sharing concerns from several of his constituents, including doctors and patients who say they are having trouble accessing Covid-19 booster shots because of conflicting recommendations from health agencies.

“Effectively, we are denying people vaccines,” Cassidy says.

“You’re wrong,” Kennedy responds.