Watching RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing

 

by Scott Creighton

the live broadcast is here

He praised deregulating Agribusiness. Wants to be able to tell poor people what they can and cant buy with SNAP program. 

Asked about vaccines. Reminded he said he wished he didn't vaccinate his kids.

RFK Jr. says he was taken out of contrast. Says Sen was dishonest. 

Sen reminds RFK Jr. tried to prevent people from taking mRNA vaccines. 

RFK Jr. says he was talking ONLY about 6 year old kids.

People yelling in the audience.

 

Sen says he made over 5 million on book deals. Doesn't mention him blaming China for Covid.

RFK Jr. talking about Samoa. Dodges question about books.

Now he is ranting about Tonga and New Zealand. 

RFK Jr. I support the measels vaccines and other vaccines.

Sen Grassly 

Oversight is important. 

PBMs prescription drug prices

rural healthcare needs

agriculture. will you leave that alone?

dietary guidelines? conflicts of interests? financial disclosures?

later asked about mental healthcare.

RFK Jr. says Trump wants to find those missing children placed with 'sponsors' and then lost.Thousands of them. admits to his own heroin addition. claims he goes to meetings every day. 

RFK Jr. support PEPFAR even though Trump's freeze shuts it down.

being asked about healthcare deficit. now being asked about vaccines. peddling half truths. 

did you say Covid 19 spared Chinese and Jews? I quoted a study he says

did you say Lime disease is a bioweapon?  yes

did you say pesticide makes kids trans? no

did you write in your book that African aids is different than western aids? i dont know

did you say 'i wouldn't leave abortion to the states'? uh...

this job is life and death. its important to know who you really are.

I hope out of 330 million Americans we can do better than him.

asked about integration of medicare and medicaid. he has no real answer. got to have something to do with privatization.

we want to reform medicaid to help Trump priorities. medicaid doesn't serve Americans well. I am on Medicare Advantage. That works great. Medicaid doesn't. So he wants to privatize Medicaid. And Medicare Advantage is stealing money. transition Medicaid... AI telemedicine.... keeps being asked about transforming Medicaid. Pilot programs. what he is trying not to say... wants to force Medicare people into Medicare Advantage... privatized... people can't afford it its more expensive. 

So we bring the cooperative systems into Medicaid? yes. See? privatized Medicaid. people would prefer to be on private insurance. 

Bullshit.

Democrats are laughing. He is arguing for privatization of Medicare and Medicaid.

guy from VA calls out his bullshit

dude reminds him an email he put out is asking for money to pay for campaign debt.

said he wants to get rid of 2200 people from HHS. RFK Jr. says Biden did same thing.

The republicans are licking his balls.

Seems like RFK Jr. stands with Trump's abortion ban.

Sen Whitehouse

1. asks him to recant what he said about vaccines. and promise to say vaccines are safe and he supports MANDATORY vaccinations.

2. I want to remark on harms on CMS system. 

3. ranting about granny some shit

RFK Jr. looks bored

no response on the questions about vaccines.