Sen. Cassidy took on RFK Jr. over vaccines. Now Kennedy's followers are out to defeat him.
Bill Cassidy seemed aware of the political peril when he decided, a year ago, to challenge Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s skeptical views about vaccines.
“My phone blows up with people who really follow you and there are many who trust you more than they trust their own physician,” the Louisiana Republican told Kennedy during his confirmation hearing, before reluctantly voting to make him health secretary.
Now, as Cassidy seeks a third term, Kennedy’s followers haven’t forgiven the senator for grilling Kennedy at that hearing or for criticizing his efforts as health secretary to cast doubt on vaccine safety. Add to that President Donald Trump’s decision last month to endorse challenger Rep. Julia Letlow in the race, and Cassidy is in a fight for his political life.
“Cassidy, within the MAHA movement, is pretty well despised,” said Jeff Hutt, the former spokesman for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) super PAC who worked on Kennedy’s 2024 presidential campaign.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cassidy-questioned-rfk-jr-now-094500390.html
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