Senate Republican Bill Cassidy Masterfully Traps RFK Jr. With Nobel Prize Question

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) laid the trap, and Robert Kennedy Jr. walked right into it.

The tense moment came as Kennedy testified before the Senate on Capitol Hill over his recent ouster of former CDC director Susan Monarez, firing the entire CDC vaccine board in June, and other policy decisions.

Cassidy began his questioning with high praise of President Donald Trump and Operation Warp Speed, saying that it’s his belief that the commander in chief should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He then asked Kennedy if he agreed.

“Absolutely, Senator. Phenomenal,” Kennedy responded.

What followed was a heated exchange, with Cassidy grilling Kennedy on why he had previously claimed that the Covid vaccine killed more people than Covid, which Kennedy did not say during the hearing.

Nonetheless, Cassidy then attacked Kennedy for restricting access to the Covid vaccine in his capacity as the lead attorney for the Children’s Health Defense.

“Again, it surprises me that you think so highly of Operation Warp Speed when as an attorney, you attempted to restrict access,” Cassidy said.

Read a portion of the exchange here:

SEN. BILL CASSIDY: I’ll try and restore a little calm here. And I’m approaching this as a doctor, not as a senator. I am concerned about children’s health, seniors health, all of our health. And I applaud you for joining the president and a call for radical transparency. Thank you for that. I said yesterday, I believe it that President Trump deserves a Nobel prize for Operation Warp Speed. If he had been President Obama, he would have gotten it. But because of operation warp speed, forcing the federal government to come to a vaccine development within ten months when others said it couldn’t be done, we saved millions of lives globally, trillions of dollars. We reopened the economies. An incredible accomplishment. Mr. Secretary, do you agree with me that the president that the president deserves a Nobel prize for Operation Warp Speed?

ROBERT KENNEDY JR.: Absolutely, Senator. Phenomenal.

CASSIDY: Let me ask you, but you just told Sen. Bennett that the Covid vaccine killed more people than Covid.

KENNEDY: Wait.

CASSIDY: That was a statement.

KENNEDY: I did not say that.

CASSIDY: OK, then let me ask, because you also-

KENNEDY: Senator, I just want to make clear, I did not say.

CASSIDY: We’ll check the record. That’s a question of fact. You also said that you were also as lead attorney for the Children’s Health Defense. You engaged in multiple lawsuits attempting to restrict access to the Covid vaccine. Again, it surprises me that you think so highly of Operation Warp Speed when as an attorney, you attempted to restrict access. Now, let me ask-

KENNEDY: I’m happy. I’m happy to explain why.

CASSIDY: I have I have three minutes and 30 seconds left. It also surprises me because you canceled or HHS did, but apparently under your direction, $500 million in contracts using the mRNA vaccine platform. That was critical to Operation Warp Speed. Again, an accomplishment that I think President Trump should get a Nobel prize for. You canceled $500 million in contracts. Now, I grew up in a middle-class family, so $500 million seems to cancel, it seems like an incredible waste of money, but it also seems like a commentary upon what the president was attempting, what the president did in Operation Warp Speed, which is to create a platform by which to create vaccines. So this just seems inconsistent that you would agree with me the president deserves a tremendous amount of credit for this.

KENNEDY: Is this a question, Sen. Cassidy, or is this a speech you don’t want me to answer.

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