Alsobrooks responds to report that Republicans are (finally) starting to doubt conspiracy theorist RFK Jr.
September 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – In case you missed it, The Washington Post reported over the weekend, “Doubts about RFK Jr. grow for some Republicans.” In response, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) released the following statement:
“For the last four months I have been calling on RFK Jr. to resign or be fired – and we are making progress in the fight. RFK Jr.’s role as Secretary of Health and Human Services is incredibly dangerous for our country – he won’t only make us sicker, Americans will die. I hope my Republican colleagues will do more than express reservations about RFK Jr. They should join me in calling on RFK Jr. to resign or be fired.”
More from The Washington Post: Doubts about RFK Jr. grow for some Republicans:
- Fabrizio/Ward, a conservative polling firm, privately warned GOP lawmakers last week that overhauling vaccine policies is politically dangerous, citing data that nearly three-quarters of Trump voters believe vaccines save lives.
- The fight over Kennedy reflects a deeper division in the GOP about vaccines, which played a role in his heated confirmation battle. Every GOP senator except for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), a polio survivor, ultimately voted to confirm him in February, with many of Kennedy’s supporters saying that he was raising valid questions about vaccine mandates and other policies.
- “You have to be very careful when you say that some people don’t have to be vaccinated,” said Trump, after being asked about Florida’s move to roll back vaccine mandates for children. “ … Look, you have vaccines that work. They just pure and simple work. They’re not controversial at all. And I think those vaccines should be used.”
- It is also not clear if the growing GOP concerns will have a material effect on Kennedy or his team’s agenda. But his recent moves have exposed the political fault lines over vaccine policy, which could be further exacerbated by the health department’s upcoming moves to issue an autism report and potentially further limit access to coronavirus vaccines.
Read full story in The Washington Post here.
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