Ben Shapiro: “I support Bobby Kennedy for HHS”

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From the January 31, 2025, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show

Now the reason this could actually be a problem for RFK Jr., for Bobby Kennedy, is not because of Bernie Sanders. Bernie was gonna vote against RFK Jr. anyway because he's a Trump nominee. This could be a problem for Sen. Bill Cassidy, who's a physician and chairman of the committee. And he points out that a 2014 meta-analysis of 1.2 million children concluded no link between autism and vaccines. And Kennedy then responded, you show me those scientific studies. You and I can meet about it. There are other studies as well. I'd love to show those to you. 

Cassidy was troubled by that because, he suggested, well, I mean, the overwhelming evidence is what the overwhelming evidence is. Cassidy said, can a 71-year-old man who spent decades criticizing vaccines, who's financially vested in finding fault with vaccines, can he change his attitudes and approach now that he'll have the most important position influencing vaccine policy in the United States? I've gotta figure that out for my vote. And that is in fact a fair question from Sen. Cassidy. That is not in fact a crazy question or an oppositional question. Cassidy is a strong supporter of President Trump. 

And, you know, here in lies one of the sort of issues with  some of the Trump nominees. And, again, I support Bobby Kennedy for HHS. One of the problems is there are vulnerabilities for some of these nominees and many of the things that they've said in the past that could cause the Senate to use its advice and consent procedures to find fault with the nominees.