Why Trump broke with RFK to defend the importance of vaccines
If there s one thing that Donald Trump absolutely positively despises it s bad publicity And after RFK Jr got absolutely hammered at that hearing the other day including by a member of the leadership Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso he realized that he had to cut his losses What was he going to do say ignore those Republican senators like Bill Cassidy who s a clinician like Barrasso when he says that vaccines work and he s deeply concerned that Kennedy misled the Hill during his confirmation hearings So after months of letting him go wild in his words Donald has broken with Bobby REPUBLICAN DOCTORS CLASH WITH RFK JR OVER VACCINES IN TENSE SENATE SHOWDOWN You have various vaccines that are so incredible I think you have to be very careful when you say chosen people don t have to be vaccinated the president reported Look you have vaccines that work They just pure and simple work They re not controversial at all and I think those vaccines should be used otherwise particular people are going to catch it and they endanger other people The president has had enough What s more Kennedy s family including his sister Kerry and former congressman Joe Kennedy III demanded he resign along with every Democrat on the Senate committee There s specific chatter that Kennedy may be let go after a decent interval Trump really likes him and the magic of the Kennedy name but let s face it he s damaged goods right now He also was poorly briefed or didn t do his homework Remember that he cut a deal in exchange for dropping out of the presidential race and offered the same arrangement to Kamala Harris When sought how numerous Americans had died of COVID I instantly knew it was million RFK reported he didn t know Inquired whether the COVID vaccine had been helpful he mumbled that he d have to look at the facts There s plenty of material available And that s the challenge The greatest achievement of Trump s first term as even his detractors admit was Operation War Speed bringing the COVID vaccine to area at the height of the pandemic JOE KENNEDY III BLASTS RFK JR AFTER FIERY SENATE HEARING FUELING KENNEDY FAMILY INFIGHTING 'HE MUST RESIGN'But Kennedy is the same anti-vaccine crusader he s dependably been He has called COVID the bulk dangerous vaccine ever He s insisted that vaccines cause autism comprehensively debunked by mainstream science CDC performed miserably during the pandemic but Kennedy fired CDC chief Susan Monarez just one month after praising her appointment and then called her a liar for supposedly admitting she was not trustworthy So RFK was in effect denigrating Trump s huge accomplishment by firing the mainstream members of a vaccine panel and replacing them with vaccine skeptics or outright anti-vaxxers Kennedy s view is that everyone else is conflicted because of ties to Big Pharma and that only he is pure But his actions speak louder than his words INTO THE ARENA HOSTILE DEMOCRATS SKEPTICAL REPUBLICANS TEAR INTO KENNEDY ON THE HILLMeanwhile the president won a double domination at the Supreme Court The justices in what Politico says were - rulings gave ICE the ability to carry out roving arrests and raids in California against those supposed to be illegal immigrants SCOTUS also reported the president can fire FTC member Rebecca Slaughter one of two Democratic commissioners he dismissed in March at the supposedly independent agency Then Trump checks the conservative media The Wall Street Journal editorial page in a piece titled Operation Warped Speed asks whether RFK is suffering from long COVID The usually supportive New York Post called RFK a paranoid kook with a tinfoil hat that is blocking out all sense So Trump got mostly booed at the U S Open along with chosen cheers Big deal He s endured far worse But having the nation s highest court on your side is worth its weight in gold Trump s favorite decorating glitter Footnote The Wall Street Journal has obtained Trump s birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein which he repeatedly insisted he never sent prompting him to sue the paper Against the backdrop of a sketch of a naked woman with Trump s signature in the pubic area there is this exchange Donald We have certain things in common Jeffrey Jeffrey Yes we do come to think of it Donald Enigmas never age have you noticed that Jeffrey As a matter of face it was clear to me the last time I saw you Donald A pal is a wonderful thing Happy Birthday and may every day be another wonderful secret By itself I don t think it s that big a deal Lots of friends and acquaintances were solicited to send messages for Epstein s th birthday He could have owned it But Trump still insists it s fake By vehemently insisting it wasn t conceivable that he sent such a message Trump now has a mess on his hands
