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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denies comparing CDC to ‘Nazi death camps’

JL;DR SUMMARY Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing confirmation for secretary of Health and Human Services, denied past comparisons of the CDC’s work to Nazi death camps, despite challenges from Senator Raphael Warnock citing a 2013 transcript. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Covid 19Vaccine MandatesRobert F. Kennedy Jr.CdcConfirmation HearingHolocaust AnalogiesNazi ComparisonsSenator Raphael WarnockControversial Remarks

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Georgia, United States
"Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, said that Kennedy, who would oversee the CDC if confirmed, made the comparison and also said the CDCs work was akin to that of sexual abusers in the Catholic Church."
Colorado, United States
"Earlier in the confirmation hearing Wednesday, Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado, pressed Kennedy over his claim that COVID was engineered to target white and Black people and spared Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"In 2022, at an anti-vax rally by the Lincoln Memorial, Kennedy said that vaccine mandates were more dire than the Holocaust."
Switzerland
"Even in Hitlers Germany, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland, you can hide in the attic like Anne Frank did, Kennedy said."
Israel
"At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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