Cassidy blasts vaccine order, saying Trump has no ‘expertise to make these changes’
Cassidy said the president lacks the expertise for the change and warned it would increase shots for children, citing CDC guidance.
- On Monday, Senator Bill Cassidy denounced President Donald Trump's executive order to split the MMR vaccine into three separate doses, arguing the president "does not have the expertise to make these changes."
- President Trump signed the directive Monday alongside Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., baselessly suggesting standard vaccines were harmful as the United States faces a 35-year record high for measles.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states there is "no published scientific evidence" showing benefits to separating the combination vaccine, maintaining the current MMR schedule is safe.
- Critics, including the hosts of "Morning Joe," noted the irony of Cassidy's rebuke, as he previously cast the decisive vote to confirm Kennedy as Health Secretary, enabling the policies he now opposes.
- In February 2025, Cassidy pledged to work within existing safety monitoring systems, promising vaccine approval processes would remain unchanged; this prior commitment diverges sharply from the administration's current actions.
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Editorial: RFK’s anti-vax crusade is cause for his removal
President Donald Trump and his dangerous health secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. struck another blow against public health by issuing an executive order intending to space out childhood vaccinations and to separate out the common measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine,…
GOP Senator Hit With Brutal Reminder After Slamming Trump Over Executive Order To Break Up MMR Vaccine
Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy was criticized for voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) after he spoke out against President Donald Trump's executive order recommending that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be broken up into separate shots.The new policy would recommend giving the MMR vaccine as three individual injections rather than as a combined shot, while also spacing …
Trump vaccine order draws split between Louisiana Republicans
Trump's new childhood vaccine order has drawn conflicting reactions from Louisiana Republican leaders while prompting medical experts to advise parents to consult licensed practitioners regarding potential changes to vaccination schedules.
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GOP senator humiliated with clip that will haunt him: 'Everything you just said is wrong'
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) was humiliated on MS NOW on Tuesday morning with an archived clip demonstrating that he was easily deceived by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a year and a half ago.The day after President Donald Trump and Kennedy, now the HHS secretary, made a major announcement on childhood vaccinat...
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