During his confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed Democrats to their faces — pointing out that they acted like they were his “friends” until he joined President Donald Trump’s team, even though they still largely agree with him on many issues.
Look at how the Democrats treat someone who was a member of their party his entire life and then disagreed on one issue
Take a good look
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 29, 2025
Kennedy’s comments came on January 29 during the first round of his Senate confirmation hearings for the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which took place in the Senate Finance Committee. The former Democrat is facing challenges from senators on both sides of the aisle for different reasons — with Republicans being concerned about Kennedy’s more left-leaning positions on issues like abortion, and Democrats being outraged over his support for Trump and his concerns about Big Pharma, especially vaccines. Of course, several of Kennedy’s biggest critics during the hearing were later discovered to have taken millions in donations from Big Pharma.
Oh, what do we have here Mr. Warnock? Seems like you love Big Pharma. https://t.co/tAi8JAae7K pic.twitter.com/WfXKwVNYtq
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) January 29, 2025
Kennedy began his speech by pointing out the need for “radical transparency” and bipartisanship within HHS.
“My approach to HHS, as I said before, Senator, is radical transparency,” Kennedy told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). “Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to come in and get information that was generated at taxpayer expense, that is owned by the American taxpayer.”
“They shouldn’t get redacted documents. Public health agencies should be transparent … If we want Americans to restore trust in the public health agencies, we need transparency,” he added.
Kennedy then noted that his unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign “was about uniting Americans — Democrats and Republicans” — adding that there is “no issue that should unite us more than this chronic health epidemic” and pointing out that there is “no such thing as Republican children or Democratic children.”
He went on to highlight the “explosions” in cases of medical conditions and mental health conditions, including problems like diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, neurological diseases, and depression.
“All of these things that are related to [the] toxic environment,” Kennedy asserted. “Why can’t we just agree with each other to put differences about so many issues, intractable issues, aside?”
“We’re going to end this,” he continued. “I don’t think anybody is going to be able to do this like I am, because of my peculiar experience, because I’ve litigated against these agencies. When you litigate against them, you get a PhD in corporate capture and how to unravel it. I’ve written six books about these agencies. I know a lot about them, and I know how to fix it, and there’s nobody who will fix it the way that I do because I’m not scared of vested interest. I don’t care. I’m not here because I want a position or a job. I have a very good life, a happy family. This is something I don’t need. I want to do this because we’re going to fix it.”
Kennedy concluded his speech by calling out his former friends in the Democrat Party who have stabbed him in the back simply for joining the Trump team, even though the vast majority of his left-leaning views have not changed.
“All these Democrats are opposed to me for partisan issues — they used to be my friends,” he said, pointing out that the Democrat lawmakers once “agreed with me on all the environmental issues I’ve been working on for my whole career.”
“Now they’re against me because anything that President Trump does, any decision he makes, has to be lampooned, derided, discredited, marginalized, vilified,” Kennedy added.
RFK Jr. called out the Democrats straight to their faces.
"These Democrats used to be my friends… Now they're against me because anything that President Trump does, any decision he makes, has to be lampooned, derided, discredited, marginalized, vilified." pic.twitter.com/wYAvFldffP
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) January 29, 2025