SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly said Friday during her show that she would be watching Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy’s vote for Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., adding she had already phoned his office.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and Thursday, with lawmakers grilling him on his stance on issues like vaccines. On “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the SiriusXM host said she personally called Cassidy’s office to encourage him to confirm Kennedy.
“I personally called. It was actually very funny. They took the number down. The guy was like, ‘The Megyn Kelly?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, the Megyn Kelly,’” Kelly said. “He was like, ‘Do you live in Louisiana? I’m like, ‘No, but I have a loud mouth and I have a lot of listeners who do.’”
During Kennedy’s Thursday appearance before the lawmakers, Cassidy voiced his concerns about the HHS nominee and said he was “struggling” to support Kennedy due to his past actions “undermining confidence in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments.” Kelly said that Cassidy’s staff gave her an email for listeners to contact the senator’s office. Kelly said that Cassidy’s team needs to hear from Kennedy supporters.
“They need to hear from us directly. Here’s why I feel so passionately about it. Forget all that stuff about the MMR vaccine, which will not be banned,” Kelly said. “Trump has said it will not be banned. Bobby has said it will not be banned. Bobby’s past work to ask questions about it is in the past. He’s not going to make this an issue.”
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“He’s made that really clear. He has his beliefs about it, but Trump is the boss. Look at the COVID vaccine and what you said, how no one’s allowed to ask questions about it,” Kelly added. “This is about more than the MMR vaccine, which is fine. It’s in place. It’s not going anywhere. It’s about a whole, I know it gets overused, but the medical industrial complex that cares more about hooking you on drugs. Like SSRI’s and taking every single vaccine so that they can make a ton of money like Pfizer did, like Moderna did. They cannot be sued.”
The SiriusXM host went on to discuss a previous episode featuring 29-year-old professional mountain biker Kyle Warner, who told Kelly how the COVID-19 vaccine impacted his life and how he was turned away from the hospital after warning about side effects he believed he was suffering from.
“Then they [Big Pharma] don’t care when you get back injured, vaccine injured, like Kyle. They don’t give a shit. Well, RFKJ cares. Jay Bhattacharya is going to care,” Kelly said. “Marty McCarry, ideally at FDA, is going to care. You need a disruptor like RFKJ at the top to run a herd on it. Someone who will not be bullied by these behemoths who have more money than God.”
Cassidy, who voted to convict President Donald Trump during his second impeachment in 2021, was identified to the Daily Caller in December by an aide as a Republican senator to watch, as he could oppose some of Trump’s cabinet picks. The Louisiana lawmaker, who is up for reelection next year, will be challenged in the primary by Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming.
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