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Key GOP Vote To Confirm RFK Jr. Now Calls His Vaccine Policies 'Unfortunate'
Source: Huff Post
Aug 7, 2025, 10:50 AM EDT | Updated 4 hours ago
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s decision to cancel a $500 million investment in lifesaving mRNA vaccine research aimed at protecting the U.S. against future viral threats.
It is unfortunate that the Secretary just canceled a half a billion worth of work, wasting the money which is already invested, Cassidy wrote in an online post on Wednesday following the HHS announcement. He has also conceded to China an important technology needed to combat cancer and infectious disease. President Trump wants to Make America Healthy Again and Make America Great Again. This works against both of President Trumps goals, the senator added.
Kennedy wouldnt be in Donald Trumps administration without Cassidys support for his confirmation earlier this year. The physician, who has served in the Senate since 2015, swallowed his concerns about RFK Jr.s long record of anti-vaccine views under pressure from Trumps MAGA supporters who have an eye on his reelection next year. Cassidy has worked hard to get back into Trumps good graces despite facing a GOP primary.
The Louisiana Republican, who serves as the chair of the Senate health committee, said in February that Kennedy assured him he would not dismantle the nations vaccine safety systems; the HHS secretary has moved to do exactly that.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-vaccines-bill-cassidy_n_6894a384e4b0fd51291b6a98


Autumn
(48,243 posts)Just regret the fucker and move on?
yardwork
(67,749 posts)I hope everybody who voted to confirm RFK, Jr. suffers personally because of it.
It feels good to admit that I feel this way.
Autumn
(48,243 posts)ananda
(32,863 posts)without really caring at all because they are ruled by money
and threats.
badhair77
(4,946 posts)Im going to be sick of saying that line as the months progress.
Skittles
(166,815 posts)WHEN WILL YOU REPUKES STOP HUMPING TRUMP LONG ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY SERVE FOR WE THE PEOPLE
mdbl
(7,209 posts)We all did. What an asshole.
sorcrow
(622 posts)Unfortunate is getting a ticket because you didn't have enough change to feed the parking meter.
RFK Jr's actions are immoral, unethical, and stupid. "Dr." Cassidy is complicit. I had high hopes that he would take the whole do no harm thing to heart and torpedo the nomination.
Best Regards,
Sorghum Crow
sheshe2
(93,302 posts)https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/politics/americans-losing-health-insurance-trump-bill
That sure as hell isn't making Americans healthy, Bill.
iemanja
(56,560 posts)What did he expect?
Irish_Dem
(73,311 posts)It is just too bad about the rest of America.
He is a bastard.
MLWR
(482 posts)They are NOT "unfortunate." They are tantamount to murder and YOU have blood on your hands along with your fellow nazis.
Grokenstein
(6,124 posts)You think you'll get off the hook?
Justice Brandeis
(170 posts)A day late and a dollar short.
aggiesal
(10,261 posts)We told you not to vote for confirmation, but you stood on the Senate floor and mentioned everything wrong with RFK Jr. then still voted for confirming him.
You can go back to D.C. and kiss the @$$ of your only constituent, because you definitely didn't care about the citizens of Louisiana.
moniss
(7,911 posts)to Crumb the 1st.
dsharp88
(523 posts)Republican style
Scalded Nun
(1,474 posts)May he be for you like stink on shit for your remaining days.
littlemissmartypants
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Hekate
(99,046 posts)
. he has built his career pretending to help.
Yes you fake-folksy idiot. You knew better and thanks to your support of BobKJr, your constituents and their children are going to sicken and die from preventable diseases.
BaronChocula
(3,154 posts)how physicians can be republican. Seems so antithetical.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,760 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:11 PM - Edit history (1)
Also, Republicans are against big tort settlements unless they benefit personally (see Abbott, Greg). Ethics have been thrown by the wayside as far as I am concerned and Cassidy just showed this vividly. He KNEW RFK Jr. was an anti-vax quack and a long time heroin abuser and completely unqualified for the job.