Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday referred to as Well being and Human Companies (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “joke” amid turmoil in Kennedy’s personal division.
“You looked at that appearance before Congress, and it just confirms what all of us around this table have known for decades: Robert F Kennedy Jr. is a foolish man, full of foolish and vapid ideas,” Christie mentioned on ABC Information’s “This Week.”
“And that was on display again this week in front of Congress,” he added, later slamming the HHS secretary as “a joke” in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.
On Sunday, President Trump defended Kennedy, who has confronted rising criticism from each side of the aisle on Capitol Hill over his dealing with of vaccines and different points.
The president has supplied considerably conflicting messages in latest days about his HHS secretary, defending Kennedy whereas additionally defending vaccines.
Kennedy defended his time because the nation’s prime well being official throughout a tense Senate listening to final week, snapping again at senators that pressed him on the latest upheaval on the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) and vaccine coverage adjustments.
Throughout shut to 3 hours of testimony, Kennedy repeated vaccine misinformation, went after the CDC and gave differing explanations on his imaginative and prescient for reshaping the company.
The Hill has reached out to HHS for remark.
