Vice President JD Vance had harsh words for the Republican and Democratic senators who dared to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tough questions during a Thursday hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.
Actually, it was just one harsh word, and could be an apt way to describe Vance’s online defense of Kennedy.
During Thursday’s hearing, Kennedy was repeatedly called out for previous claims and contradictions he has made regarding vaccines.
For instance, both Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who is also a physician, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) asked Kennedy why he thinks President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed, yet keeps criticizing the vaccines that came from that program, even cutting access to them.
Though Kennedy tried to wiggle out of being pinned down for previous statements, the fact that Vance felt obliged to defend his performance in the hearing is probably a sign it wasn’t great:
