{"id":1050511,"date":"2024-12-16T18:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1050511"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:01:34","slug":"6-questions-for-rfk-jr-and-tulsi-gabbard-as-they-descend-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/6-questions-for-rfk-jr-and-tulsi-gabbard-as-they-descend-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Questions for RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard As They Descend on Capitol Hill\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week, RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard head back to Capitol Hill \u2013 and they owe legislators and the American people some answers. Gabbard and RFK Jr. both carry disastrous records and disturbing allegations against them, from pushing dangerous conspiracy theories to expressing sympathy for murderous dictators. Here are just a few questions they owe the American people answers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After President Biden took on Big Pharma to lower drug costs, why are RFK Jr. and Donald Trump already going out of their way to \u201chelp\u201d Big Pharma executives?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cPresident-elect Donald Trump set two tables for a dinner party this month with his choice for health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and drug company executives like the ones Kennedy once accused of belonging to a \u2018criminal enterprise\u2019 that knowingly killed patients for profit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does RFK Jr. agree with his top ally and lawyer on revoking approval of the polio vaccine that has saved countless lives?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cThe lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, Aaron Siri, is waging against vaccines of all kinds. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. Kennedy has privately expressed interest in having Mr. Siri serve in the Health and Human Services Department\u2019s top legal job, general counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does RFK Jr. explain his role in contributing to one of the deadliest measles outbreaks in recent history in Samoa?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cIn 2019, Kennedy flew to Samoa, met with government officials and, along with other like-minded advocates, \u2018flooded the area with misinformation\u2019 about vaccines, according to FactCheck.org.  Vaccinations were temporarily halted, 5,600 people contracted measles, and 83 children died.  FactCheck.org concluded: \u2018Kennedy … played a part in one of the worst measles outbreaks in recent memory.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles Times Editorial Board<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cBut the fearmongering on social media landed a hook in Samoan parents, who now had an example of real risk to their children that seemed to outweigh the abstract threat of a disease that had virtually been eradicated from the developed world over the last generation. [\u2026] This is a stark and sad illustration of what can happen when the agents of fear and misinformation (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., we are looking at you) convince caring parents to shun childhood vaccinations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will RFK Jr. answer for his appalling conspiracy theories \u2013 including denying the September 11 terrorist attacks?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC<\/a>: \u201cIndependent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on social media Friday that it’s \u2018hard to tell what is a conspiracy theory and what isn\u2019t\u2019 when it comes to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>:  <\/strong>\u201cIn a new interview on the podcast In the Room With Peter Bergen, produced by Fresh Produce Media for Audible, Kennedy told Bergen he didn\u2019t know whether or not he believes the official government explanation about 9\/11, including whether al-Qaeda was responsible for the attack, asserting \u2018strange things happened.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin American-Statesman<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cThe post was an apparent reference to Kennedy saying on a podcast last year that he had doubts about the official account of the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon, including whether al-Qaida bore responsibility. In the podcast, Kennedy said he was not a 9\/11 expert, nor perhaps the best person to comment on the attacks. But, he added, \u2018I don\u2019t always accept official explanations.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does Tulsi Gabbard explain her defense of despots and murderous dictators like Bashar Al-Assad while attacking our democratic allies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Review<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard\u2019s Discomforting Dictator Alliance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard: Syrian Dictator Assad Is \u2018Not the Enemy of the United States\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cHawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States<\/strong>, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country\u2019s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. \u2018Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States,\u2019 Gabbard said Wednesday morning on MSNBC.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe GOP\u2019s new, Russia-friendly campaign-trail buddy: Tulsi Gabbard\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>: \u201cTulsi Gabbard Criticizes Zelensky’s Authoritarianism\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Tulsi Gabbard still back a national abortion ban after celebrating the overturning of <\/strong>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/a>: Gabbard introduced a bill that would ban most abortions at 20 weeks and threaten providers with jail time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard, 2024<\/a>: \u201cThe end of Roe v. Wade<\/em> was the right decision to make\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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