Cassidy Warned of Vaccine-Preventable Deaths Before Voting for RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary
The video clip from Red Handed HQ features audio of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a physician, during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s January 2025 confirmation hearing before the Senate HELP Committee. Cassidy expresses his personal dilemma over Kennedy's long history of vaccine skepticism, stating he has seen patients die from vaccine-preventable diseases and fears that any undermining of public trust could lead to more deaths. The clip ends with Cassidy telling the nominee he is struggling with the nomination and may follow up over the weekend. The short segment uses only Cassidy's own quoted words with no additional guests, experts, or on-screen graphics. It appears designed to highlight the contrast between his expressed concerns and his subsequent votes to advance and confirm Kennedy in the Finance Committee and full Senate in February 2025.
Source: Red Handed HQ