Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy just shrugged off any responsibility he has for allowing the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary after Kennedy after it was revealed that Kennedy changed the CDC website to reflect his dangerous anti-vax views.
Cassidy made an appearance on this Sunday’s State of the Union on CNN, and here’s the exchange after host Jake Tapper played a video of some of the back and forth between Cassidy and Kennedy during his confirmation hearing.
TAPPER: Dr. Cassidy, he lied to you.
CASSIDY: Well, first let me say what is most important to the American people, speaking as a physician, vaccines are safe. As has been pointed out, it’s actually not disputed. It’s actually quite well proven that vaccines are not associated with autism.
There’s a fringe out there that thinks so, but they’re quite a fringe. President Trump agrees that vaccines are safe. And if you look at the consequences of not taking vaccine, there’s two children dead in West Texas from not taking a measles vaccine. There’s a woman pregnant who lost her child because she was exposed to someone who did not have the measles vaccine. There’s children in my state who died from things like pertussis recently because they weren’t vaccinated.
So discuss this with your doctor. Vaccines are safe. That’s the most important message.
