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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on September 04, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:

“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 4, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025

Facebook posts stated on April 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says "combined doses of vaccines" have never been tested.

By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2019

Ron Johnson stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:

“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”

By Madeline Heim• January 2, 2025

Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a photo:

Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 27, 2024

Mark Born stated on January 12, 2021 in Twitter:

"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”

By D.L. Davis• February 11, 2021

Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”

By Sara Swann• January 30, 2025

Threads posts stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:

“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.

By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2025

Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2025 in a press conference:

“There's no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.

By Madison Czopek• September 23, 2025

Tucker Carlson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet:

“The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”

By Madison Czopek• October 20, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 01, 2024 in an interview on CNN:

“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech ... to censor his opponent."

By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024

Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:

Small children are given "80 different vaccines."

By Grace Abels• September 26, 2025

Instagram posts stated on December 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

RFK Jr. posted on X that, “Effective January 20th, all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be BANNED in the United States.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 30, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2025

Eric Cantor stated on April 22, 2014 in a TV ad.:

Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."

By Nancy Madsen• April 28, 2014

Bloggers stated on December 04, 2021 in a blog post:

"2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women"

By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 15, 2021

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:

“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”

By Madison Czopek• November 20, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on July 11, 2023 in a video:

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

By Samantha Putterman• July 19, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 05, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024

Bloggers stated on December 08, 2020 in a blog post:

“FDA announces 2 deaths of Pfizer vaccine trial participants from ‘serious adverse events.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 11, 2020

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