{"id":2397592,"date":"2025-01-31T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-commentator-admits-democratic-senators-made-big-mistake-in-rfk-jr-hearing-made-him-more-confirmable\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:37:17","slug":"cnn-commentator-admits-democratic-senators-made-big-mistake-in-rfk-jr-hearing-made-him-more-confirmable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-commentator-admits-democratic-senators-made-big-mistake-in-rfk-jr-hearing-made-him-more-confirmable\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Commentator Admits Democratic Senators Made &#8216;Big Mistake&#8217; in RFK Jr. Hearing, Made Him &#8216;More Confirmable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-commentator-admits-democratic-senators-made-big-mistake-in-rfk-jr-hearing-made-him-more-confirmable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-voice-of-reason-scott-jennings-caps-trump-victory-with-one-final-masterpiece\/\" title=\"CNN&#039;s Voice of Reason Scott Jennings Caps Trump Victory with One Final Masterpiece\">article discusses commentary<\/a>\u200d by CNN political analyst Brad Todd regarding the confirmation hearings of Robert F.\u2063 Kennedy Jr. for the role\u200b of secretary of Health and \u2063Human Services. Todd criticized left-wing senators, specifically Elizabeth Warren\u200b and Bernie\u2063 Sanders,\u2064 for their confrontational questioning styles, suggesting\u200d they made Kennedy more likely to be\u2064 confirmed. He argued that if they \u200dhad engaged wiht him more positively, it could \u2062have resulted in hesitation among\u200c Republican senators regarding his confirmation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-todd-biden-really-needs-donald-trump-to-be-the-nominee\/\" title=\"Chuck Todd: Biden \u2018Really Needs Donald Trump To Be The Nominee\u2019\">todd believes<\/a> that \u2064Kennedy&#8217;s liberal views may align more \u2064closely\u200d with \u2063Warren than \u2064with many Republicans,which complicates their\u200c decision-making.As Kennedy shifts his\u2062 political campaign from\u200b challenging President Biden for the \u2063Democratic nomination to running as an autonomous candidate, some Republican \u200bsenators, such as Bill Cassidy,\u2063 express uncertainty about their support for him after the hearings. The overall theme emphasizes the strategic missteps of \u2064Democrats during Kennedy&#8217;s \u2063confirmation process and the implications for his potential approval.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN political commentator Brad Todd said Friday that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">left-wing senators erred significantly<\/a> in their handling of Department of Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders both took an adversarial approach in their questioning of Kennedy, leading to heated exchanges. Todd, a Republican strategist, argued on &ldquo;CNN This Morning,&rdquo; that if they had instead embraced Kennedy and emphasized their d positions, it could have made Republicans more hesitant to confirm him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think RFK Jr.&rsquo;s hearing to me was the most entertaining, but it was a big mistake by Democrats. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders made him more confirmable. There&rsquo;s nobody who Republicans dislike more than Elizabeth Warren, and it&rsquo;s for all the right reasons,&rdquo; Todd said. &ldquo;But she should have gone with RFK and said, &lsquo;You know, look, I agree with you on abortion. I agree with you on affirmative action. I agree with you on guns. In fact, I like you more than any nominee [President] Donald Trump ever has.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If she wanted to sink him, she should have hugged him. But she doesn&rsquo;t get that. She wants to make sound bites for the left,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I know that &hellip; this is all theater for her. I thought that made that hearing a circus. Entertaining, but it maybe has strengthened RFK.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CNN anchor Kasie Hunt asked Todd if Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chair Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and other Republicans appeared inclined to vote against Kennedy&rsquo;s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s possible. I think there are probably 10 to 15 Republicans who have real qualms with RFK Jr. Most of them have qualms because of his ideology. He&rsquo;s been a liberal Democrat for most of his career,&rdquo; Todd answered. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s closer to Elizabeth Warren than he is to Bill Cassidy on ideological questions. I don&rsquo;t know &hellip; he has a following. He was additive in the campaign. He brought voters to Donald Trump. People are trying to be respectful of that, but they do have qualms about him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Kennedy&rsquo;s Thursday hearing concluded, Cassidy said that he was struggling to decide whether to support the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My responsibility is to learn, to try to understand if you can be trusted to support the best public health: a worthy movement called MAHA to improve the health of Americans, or to undermine it, always asking for more evidence and never accepting the evidence that is there,&rdquo; Cassidy said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s my dilemma, man. So you may be hearing from me over the weekend.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy had initially challenged former President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic nomination before announcing in October 2023 that he would run for president as an independent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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Kennedy Jr., the nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, during his confirmation hearings. Senators Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, adopted a confrontational stance while questioning Kennedy, resulting in intense exchanges. Todd argued on &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; that if they had instead supported Kennedy and highlighted their shared positions, it might have made Republicans more reluctant to confirm him. He remarked that Warren&#8217;s approach inadvertently made Kennedy more likely to be confirmed since she is widely disliked by Republicans for valid reasons. Todd suggested that if Warren wanted to undermine Kennedy&#8217;s nomination, she should have aligned with him on issues like abortion and gun control instead of seeking sound bites for the left. He described the hearing as entertaining but ultimately beneficial for Kennedy\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by CNN anchor Kasie Hunt about Republican senators&#8217; willingness to oppose Kennedy&#8217;s confirmation, Todd noted there are likely 10 to 15 Republicans who have concerns about him due to his liberal ideology. He mentioned that while some respect his following and contributions during Trump&#8217;s campaign, they still harbor reservations about his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>As the hearing wrapped up on Thursday, Cassidy expressed uncertainty regarding his support for Kennedy based on trust issues related to public health initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy initially sought the Democratic nomination against President Biden but announced in October 2023 that he would run as an independent candidate for president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sanders-and-Warren.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9373,43516,3679,32171,32458],"class_list":["post-2397592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cnn","tag-democratic-senators","tag-hearing","tag-political-commentary","tag-rfk-jr"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sanders-and-Warren.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397596,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397592\/revisions\/2397596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}