Megyn Has a Message for GOP Senate After RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard Get Through Committee Vote: ‘Let’s Go’

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The Senate Finance Committee just approved Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s, nomination to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This means it will go to the full floor of the U.S. Senate, where he is expected to be confirmed. 

The big question was whether he would make it out of committee. With every single one of the 14 Republican senators falling in line and all 13 of the Dems voting ‘no,’ he appears, at this point, to have the votes he needs to get through. It is a great day for America.

The Backlash

But they are melting down over RFKJ on the left and also at some of the more conservative, traditional Republican places because they cannot get over his, quote, anti-vaccine positions. Well, you are going to have to try. 

Go listen to the two hours I did with RFKJ on the vaccines in March 2022 (you can watch it here). Do your homework. Figure out whether some of the questions he has been raising about vaccines make sense. And then, no matter what your answer is to that, come to terms with the fact that Donald Trump has said he will not be banning the MMR vaccine. He is not going to be banning any of these vaccines. 

Some of us have become a little bit more vaccine-skeptical in the wake of COVID and the HPV vaccine Gardasil, which has injured some. We did a whole show about Gardasil with a fair and balanced debate pro and against in episode 565 (you can watch it here). The point is, you can have a debate. But the news media, the left, and this portion of the right that is so pro-vaccine has shut down any discussion.

Asking Questions

RFKJ is being tasked with going in there to deal with the public health crisis that is happening in this country right now. It is not about vaccines. 

To the critics: Would you just zoom out from your obsession with vaccines and spend two seconds looking at the way we eat? Would you spend two seconds looking at the way we treat patients who get diseases and are funneled through a lifetime of pharmaceuticals and additional medical procedures without pausing to say, ‘What is making you ill?’ Would you spend two seconds asking why children have Autism now at a one in 30 rate, as opposed to one in 10,000 30 years ago; or why children have so many allergies; or why children are getting ADHD in record numbers; or why children are suffering from tics; or why all these children are getting Tourette’s? 

We are not supposed to ask those questions. We are just supposed to go about our business and consume all the dyes and the chemicals in our food that are not used in Europe. We are just supposed to ignore the farmers who are dying from cancer, potentially from the pesticides that they are spraying. Shouldn’t all that be looked into? Is it not fair to actually kick the tires on public health?

Not only have we just accepted living in this totally unhealthy way, but it is being pushed on us. It is an active part of the game for too many of these industries. Do you think Big Pharma wants us all to get better? Do you think Big Ag really wants any sort of mandate that requires them to change the way they do business? 

This has gone on for too long. Stop with your obsessive focus on vaccines – which are not in danger – and listen to what RFKJ actually wants to do.

Let’s Go

With that said, thank you to the Republican senators who got him through this Finance Committee vote. Thank you to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), whose office we targeted in a totally legit way. You guys just kept calling and emailing and said, ‘We hear your concerns, but we are not worried about the same things you are. Please hear us on this guy.’

And if RFKJ turns out to be the kook that the critics say he is, Trump will fire him. Have you ever seen a president more comfortable with firing bad actors or people who turn out to disappoint him? Fear not. He is not afraid of firing and replacing them. There is always that backstop. Just relax. 

Trump is trying something different. That is why he was elected. And you can make exactly the same argument for director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard, who just advanced out of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

I am thrilled that these two look like they are in. Kash Patel is obviously going to get in as FBI director, and that means Trump should have all of his nominees. It needs to happen quickly. Republicans should not drag their feet. Trump has a mandate. Let’s go. 

You can check out Megyn’s full analysis by tuning in to episode 999 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s Triumph (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.