Baldwin Meets with RFK, Jr., Calls Him a Risk to Wisconsin Families

WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement after meeting with President-elect Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:

“Today, I met with RFK, Jr. because Wisconsinites expect that I give all the incoming President’s nominees a fair shake. Unfortunately, I left the conversation more concerned than when I walked in, and he did nothing to ease my grave concerns about his long list of conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine positions. His previous statements that ‘there is no vaccine that is safe and effective’ or that he is going to fire 600 scientists who are working to find cures to diseases like cancer are not only wrong, but if this guy gets into power, it will be downright dangerous for Wisconsin families.

“Wisconsin parents don’t want their kindergarteners coming home with mumps or measles. Wisconsin families don’t want cancer and Alzheimer’s to keep taking our loved ones. Wisconsin women don’t want RFK, Jr. stopping them from getting birth control at the pharmacy. Wisconsinites don’t want higher health care costs and more garbage insurance plans that don’t cover the things they need. But, this could be our reality with RFK, Jr. leading our nation’s leading health agency.

“Wisconsinites deserve someone who is fighting to keep them safe and healthy, not someone fighting to push vaccine conspiracy theories and stop research on cures to deadly diseases.”

An online version of this release is available here.

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