| This week, RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard head back to Capitol Hill – and they owe legislators and the American people some answers. Gabbard and RFK Jr. both carry disastrous records and disturbing allegations against them, from pushing dangerous conspiracy theories to expressing sympathy for murderous dictators. Here are just a few questions they owe the American people answers to:
After President Biden took on Big Pharma to lower drug costs, why are RFK Jr. and Donald Trump already going out of their way to “help” Big Pharma executives?
Washington Post: “President-elect Donald Trump set two tables for a dinner party this month with his choice for health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and drug company executives like the ones Kennedy once accused of belonging to a ‘criminal enterprise’ that knowingly killed patients for profit.”
Does RFK Jr. agree with his top ally and lawyer on revoking approval of the polio vaccine that has saved countless lives?
New York Times: “The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
“That campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, Aaron Siri, is waging against vaccines of all kinds. […]
“Mr. Kennedy has privately expressed interest in having Mr. Siri serve in the Health and Human Services Department’s top legal job, general counsel.”
How does RFK Jr. explain his role in contributing to one of the deadliest measles outbreaks in recent history in Samoa?
Philadelphia Inquirer: “In 2019, Kennedy flew to Samoa, met with government officials and, along with other like-minded advocates, ‘flooded the area with misinformation’ about vaccines, according to FactCheck.org. Vaccinations were temporarily halted, 5,600 people contracted measles, and 83 children died. FactCheck.org concluded: ‘Kennedy … played a part in one of the worst measles outbreaks in recent memory.’”
Los Angeles Times Editorial Board: “But the fearmongering on social media landed a hook in Samoan parents, who now had an example of real risk to their children that seemed to outweigh the abstract threat of a disease that had virtually been eradicated from the developed world over the last generation. […] This is a stark and sad illustration of what can happen when the agents of fear and misinformation (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., we are looking at you) convince caring parents to shun childhood vaccinations.”
Will RFK Jr. answer for his appalling conspiracy theories – including denying the September 11 terrorist attacks?
NBC: “Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on social media Friday that it’s ‘hard to tell what is a conspiracy theory and what isn’t’ when it comes to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.”
Rolling Stone: “In a new interview on the podcast In the Room With Peter Bergen, produced by Fresh Produce Media for Audible, Kennedy told Bergen he didn’t know whether or not he believes the official government explanation about 9/11, including whether al-Qaeda was responsible for the attack, asserting ‘strange things happened.’”
Austin American-Statesman: “The post was an apparent reference to Kennedy saying on a podcast last year that he had doubts about the official account of the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon, including whether al-Qaida bore responsibility. In the podcast, Kennedy said he was not a 9/11 expert, nor perhaps the best person to comment on the attacks. But, he added, ‘I don’t always accept official explanations.’”
How does Tulsi Gabbard explain her defense of despots and murderous dictators like Bashar Al-Assad while attacking our democratic allies?
National Review: “Tulsi Gabbard’s Discomforting Dictator Alliance”
Daily Beast: “Tulsi Gabbard: Syrian Dictator Assad Is ‘Not the Enemy of the United States’”
CNN: “Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country’s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. ‘Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States,’ Gabbard said Wednesday morning on MSNBC.”
Politico: “The GOP’s new, Russia-friendly campaign-trail buddy: Tulsi Gabbard”
Tulsi Gabbard: “Tulsi Gabbard Criticizes Zelensky’s Authoritarianism”
Does Tulsi Gabbard still back a national abortion ban after celebrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade?
2020: Gabbard introduced a bill that would ban most abortions at 20 weeks and threaten providers with jail time.
Gabbard, 2024: “The end of Roe v. Wade was the right decision to make” |
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