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Thom Tillis Reveals Infuriating Reason RFK Jr. Was Confirmed [View all]
North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis revealed that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed because one senator decided to believe his lies.
During an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Wednesday, Tillis responded to the claim that Kennedy had gone back on his promises to Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who serves as the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
“The main reason I supported Kennedy was because Bill Cassidy thought that we should see how it plays out,” Tillis said.
But Cassidy, who had led the charge on Kennedy’s confirmation, had been duped.
In February, Cassidy had promised before the Senate that, if confirmed, Kennedy would “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendations without changes.”
But in early June, Kennedy stripped that committee of all of its members.
During an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Wednesday, Tillis responded to the claim that Kennedy had gone back on his promises to Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who serves as the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
“The main reason I supported Kennedy was because Bill Cassidy thought that we should see how it plays out,” Tillis said.
But Cassidy, who had led the charge on Kennedy’s confirmation, had been duped.
In February, Cassidy had promised before the Senate that, if confirmed, Kennedy would “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendations without changes.”
But in early June, Kennedy stripped that committee of all of its members.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thom-tillis-reveals-infuriating-reason-133620132.html
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