Great job by Sen. Tim Kaine trying to get answers out of Trump’s nominee to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. As Sen. Kaine’s office describes it, Kaine asked RFK Jr. “about his previous statements regarding 9/11 conspiracy theories and his financial interest in litigation against the Gardasil vaccine, which is manufactured in Virginia and protects Americans from certain cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).”
One “highlight” from Sen. Kaine’s questioning this morning was – as you can see in the following video – when he attempted to get a serious answer regarding a tweet by RFK Jr. stating:
“My take on 9/11: It’s hard to tell what is a conspiracy theory and what isn’t. But conspiracy theories flourish when the government routinely lies to the public. As President I won’t take sides on 9/11 or any of the other debates. But I can promise is that I will open the files and usher in a new era of transparency.”
Sen. Kaine responded:
“We take that kind of stuff pretty personally. Virginians know what happened on 9/11. And we don’t need folks giving oxygen to conspiracy theories about 9/11. Now, one thing I notice about this post is it was in July of 2024, 23 years after 9/11. You had a lot going on in your life, you were running for president then. What made you decide in the midst of everything going on in thbis country and this world in July of 2024 and your own candidacy for president, that NOW was the time to say it’s hard to tell what is conspiracy and what isn’t about 9/11? What was so important about making this point in July of 2024?…You go on to say, ‘I won’t take sides [as president]…on 9/11.’ Wow. ‘I won’t take sides on 9/11’. Let me ask you this, as a general matter, do you find it hard to tell what is a conspiracy theory and what isn’t? Is that kind of a general deficit that you find in your own analytical abilities?...So you won’t take sides on 9/11, wow.”
Sen. Kaine then proceeded to question RFK Jr. on Gardisil, which multiple studies have shown is safe and effective. And yet RFK Jr. wrote, “Gardisil is killing girls.” Sen. Kaine then noted that RFK Jr. has a “pretty significant financial interest in litigation against Gardisil…” No serious response from RFK Jr, other than “I have given away all of my rights to any fees in that lawsuit.” Alrighty…
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