Vice President JD Vance shot again at senators who clashed with Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a listening to earlier than the Senate Finance Committee Thursday, saying they’re “stuffed with s–t and everybody is aware of it.”
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed Kennedy through the listening to, accusing him of endangering youngsters with reckless choices and conspiracy-driven insurance policies, including that he believed Kennedy had “no regrets” a couple of “essentially merciless” agenda.
Kennedy countered by noting Wyden’s a long time in workplace whereas power illness charges climbed to 76%.
The Vice President later sounded off on X, utilizing profanity whereas immediately addressing the opposition.
“Once I see all these senators attempting to lecture and ‘gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy immediately all I can assume is: You all assist off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal ‘therapies’ for youngsters, mutilating our youngsters and enriching large pharma,” Vance wrote in an X put up.
“You’re stuffed with s— and everybody is aware of it.”
Secretary Kennedy reposted the Vice President, writing “Thanks @JDVance. You set your finger squarely on the preeminent downside.”
Different White Home voices chimed in to assist Secretary Kennedy after the fiery listening to. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote, “Secretary @RobertKennedyJr is taking flak as a result of he’s over the goal. The Trump Administration is addressing root causes of power illness, embracing transparency in authorities, and championing gold-standard science. Solely the Democrats might assault that commonsense effort.”
“Democrats are getting completely TORCHED by @SecKennedy,” wrote Deputy White Home chief of employees Taylor Budowich.
“They appear tired of well being or human providers, simply parrots of a failed medical orthodoxy that has made America much less wholesome. Nice listening to and preparation by the Sec.”
The trade got here a day after greater than 1,000 present and former HHS workers known as for Kennedy’s resignation.
On the listening to, Wyden accused Kennedy of elevating conspiracy theories and mismanaging federal well being companies, saying his tenure has been outlined by “chaos” and “corruption” benefiting himself and President Donald Trump and rising well being prices for households.
He additionally accused Kennedy of “taking vaccines away from People” and threatening docs who deviated from his tips.
Kennedy touted his division’s work, saying it has been “the busiest, most proactive administration in HHS historical past.”
In six months, he mentioned, HHS has tackled points starting from meals and child system contamination to consuming water security, drug costs, e-cigarettes, heroin at gasoline stations and prior authorization delays.
“We’re ending acquire of perform analysis, baby mutilation and decreasing animal testing,” Kennedy mentioned.
“We’re addressing cellphone use in faculties, extreme display time for youth, lack of diet training in our medical faculties, sickle cell anemia, hepatitis C, the East Palestine chemical spill and plenty of, many others. At FDA, we are actually on monitor to approve extra medication this yr than at any time in historical past.”
Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Vance and Wyden didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s requests for remark.
