JD Vance Comes to RFK Jr.’s Defense After Senate Democrats Turn Hearing Into a Spectacle
Vice President J.D. Vance publicly defended Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a contentious Senate Finance Committee hearing where Kennedy faced intense questioning from Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Ron Wyden. The senators challenged Kennedy on his vaccine policies and perceived contradictions regarding COVID-19 vaccine availability and recommendations. Kennedy responded firmly,denying promises to recommend vaccines without clinical data and accusing some senators of receiving substantial pharmaceutical industry donations. The hearing included heated exchanges, with Wyden accusing Kennedy’s policies of perhaps causing child deaths, a claim Kennedy rebuffed by highlighting the rise in chronic diseases among children during Wyden’s tenure. Despite the criticism, kennedy maintains high approval ratings among President Trump’s cabinet members, with recent polls showing a majority of likely voters approve of his performance. The exchanges also spotlighted concerns about pharmaceutical industry influence in politics,with Kennedy denying taking such money himself,in contrast to some Democratic senators.
Vice President J.D. Vance came to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy’s defense after the latter underwent hours of grilling by Democratic senators during a congressional hearing on Thursday.
“When I see all these senators trying to lecture and ‘gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy today, all I can think is: You all support off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal ‘therapies’ for children, mutilating our kids and enriching big pharma,” Vance posted on social media following Kennedy’s testimony before the Senate Finance Committee.
“You’re full of sh** and everyone knows it,” he added.
Senators like Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Ron Wyden of Oregon became quite animated while pressing Kennedy on his vaccine policies, among other issues.
In one heated moment, Warren accused Kennedy of taking away the ability of people to get vaccines.
“Last week you announced the COVID vaccine is no longer approved for healthy people under the age of 65,” she said.
“Anybody can get it, senator,” Kennedy responded. “It’s not recommended for healthy people.”
“No, no. If you don’t recommend it, then the consequence of that in many states is that you can’t walk into a pharmacy and get one. It means insurance companies don’t have to cover the $200 or so cost,” Warren asserted.
“We’re not going to recommend a product for which there is no clinical data for that indication,” RFK Jr. forcefully responded. Nonetheless, “Most Americans are going to be able to get in from their pharmacy for free,” he added.
Warren then went hard after Kennedy, saying during his confirmation hearing that he had promised anyone could get it. “That was your promise!” she exclaimed.
“I never promised that I was going to recommend products for which there is no indication!” Kennedy shot back, adding, “And I know you’ve taken $855,000 from pharmaceutical companies.”
Similarly, Sanders addressed the topic of donation, saying, “Every single Republican has received PAC money from the pharmaceutical industry. Are they all corrupt as well?”
“Everybody is corrupt, but you, is that what we’re looking at? I don’t think so,” the senator said.
“I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” Kennedy responded. “Are you saying the pharmaceutical industry from supporting my presidential campaign? I don’t think so.”
🚨EPIC: RFK Jr just BROKE Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders feels so guilty for taking money from Big Pharma that he starts pointing at everyone else who took Big Pharma money.
The only problem, RFK Jr didn’t take any 🤣 pic.twitter.com/JR0sj6jjdw
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) September 4, 2025
Wyden went so far as to allege that Kennedy’s policies and recommendations regarding vaccines will result in the deaths of children.
“I hope that you will tell the American people how many preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice for enacting an agenda that I think is fundamentally cruel and defies common sense,” he said.
🔥 Secretary Kennedy just DESTROYED Ron Wyden:
Wyden: “I hope you tell the American people how many preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice.”
RFK: “You’ve sat in that chair for 25 years while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76% and you said nothing” pic.twitter.com/428R7BDN9T
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) September 4, 2025
Kennedy fired back, saying, “Senator, you’ve sat in that chair for — how long? 20, 25 years? — while the chronic disease in our children went up to 76 percent. And you said nothing. You never asked the question why it’s happening — why is this happening?”
According to Open Secrets, during her political career, Warren received approximately $1.3 million in donations from the pharmaceutical and health products industries and those who work in them. Sanders has received about $1.95 million, dating back to 1990, and Wyden, $1.2 million.
RFK Jr. enjoys the highest favorability rating among President Donald Trump’s high-profile cabinet members.
Kennedy’s favorability ratings – are higher than Trump’s other cabinet members.
Calls for his resignation from people taking money from pharma lobbyists and media outlets being paid by pharm to write hit pieces are not to be trusted.https://t.co/Q75vfxZIHQ pic.twitter.com/TUfujPdTUL— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) August 31, 2025
An InsiderAdvantage poll published last week found that 52 percent approve of his job performance, while 33 percent disapprove, and 15 percent had no opinion.
🚨 SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. APPROVAL POLL
🟢 Approve: 52% (+19)
🔴 Disapprove: 33%WOW – imagine that! Pharma-bought Senators are down bad.
InsiderAdvantage | July/August | N=1,200RV pic.twitter.com/HFMazgrDol
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 5, 2025
The poll was conducted among 1000 likely voters from Aug. 15-17, with a margin of error of +/- 3.09 percent.
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