Sen. Welch: ‘RFK Is a Lunatic’ — Should Be Fired

Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) called Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy a “lunatic,” declaring that he should be “fired.”

Discussing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director being fired, host Chris Hayes said, “Your reaction to what is happening at CDC right now?”

Welsh said, “Well, it’s horrifying I mean, there’s two things. One, very inspiring and the other very alarming. The inspiring part of this is the folks who resigned in solidarity with their director, who was standing up for science and for public health. The depressing part is that RFK is a lunatic. I mean, he is setting us back a century on public health. He basically does not believe that scientific basis for vaccines is valid.”

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