Conservatives attacked Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on social media on Wednesday for his controversial line of questioning directed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).<\/p>\n
Whitehouse reportedly connected Kennedy\u2019s doubts about certain vaccines to the first measles case in Rhode Island since 2013. \u201cFrankly, you frighten people,\u201d Whitehouse said to Kennedy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmericans are going to need to hear a clear and trustworthy recantation of what you have said on vaccinations, including a promise from you never to say vaccines aren\u2019t medically safe when they, in fact, are, and making indisputably clear that you support mandatory vaccinations against diseases where that will keep people safe,\u201d Whitehouse stated. \u201cYou\u2019re in that hole pretty deep.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whitehouse, who was friends with Kennedy while attending law school, spent most of his time outlining his concerns about Kennedy, giving the HHS candidate a brief opportunity to respond to the line of questioning at the end.<\/p>\n
Conservatives swiftly criticized Whitehouse\u2019s remarks on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cSen. Whitehouse (D-RI) beginning his confirmation \u2018questioning\u2019 of RFK Jr. by saying \u2018I\u2019m very experienced, so you\u2019re just going to have to listen,\u2019 then talking for 7 minutes nonstop is such a perfect picture of why Democrats are failing around the nation right now,\u201d Tony Kinnett, a columnist for the Daily Signal, wrote on<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what would be good?\u201d John Podhortez, a columnist, wrote on X. \u201cSheldon Whitehouse will be permanently relocated to an island. And not the non-island state of Rhode Island. Like St. Helena, more.<\/p>\n
Dan McLaughlin, a senior writer for the National Review, wrote on X, \u201cWhitehouse gives RFK a long monologue and then tells him he\u2019s out of time, can respond in writing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a jacka\u2013,\u201d Samantha Janney, editor of Twitchy.com, wrote on X. \u201cRFK Jr. should ask Sheldon about his membership at multiple whites-only clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whitehouse\u2019s office was contacted by Fox News Digital for comment, but they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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