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Kay W.
September 04, 2025
On Wednesday, more than 1,000 current and former Health and Human Services employees called on Kennedy to resign in a letter to the secretary and members of Congress. The letter said the secretary’s actions threaten the nation’s health, citing his involvement in former CDC Director Susan Monarez’s dismissal and his appointment of vaccine skeptics to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, among other reasons.
Lawmakers have raised concerns about the turmoil. Kennedy will face scrutiny from the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing Thursday morning, as Republicans as well as Democrats this week have questioned the secretary’s handling of the agency.
Kennedy told CDC employees in an email last week that he aims to “restore trust” to the agency with his changes. But employee morale has continued to decline after Monarez, who clashed with Kennedy on vaccine policy and other issues, was removed and other senior leaders resigned last week, current and former CDC employees said.
I’m in NY this month helping with grandchildren. I met a physician who works for the FDA - she’s a pediatric allergist - and she told us RFK Jr. “met” with FDA employees. The Trump handlers had him a separate room from the assembled FDA employees and he appeared on a screen remotely. It seems JFK Jr. is afraid to meet with people who are more accomplished than he is face to face. He used the word “retarded” to describe children with disabilities which led to several FDA employees walking out of the meeting. He’s a real piece of shit and he’s vulnerable.
This is our hill to climb and – pardon the pun – potentially die on. We need to mobilize all resources - call electeds, push this incessantly with legacy media and on social media – until this guy is gone from our public discourse
I am obsessed with this idea of singling out RFK Jr and forcing him to resign. I think this is a great idea and we need to do it.
He’s bringing back childhood diseases, he’s ending cancer research, he’s killing people.
He’s vulnerable. Democrats should do a weeks-long pile on - make this repulsive, degenerate nepo baby the face of the GOP and the far Right fascist movement.
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