President Donald Trump tore into longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell after he was the sole Republican senator to vote no on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
President claims he never knew McConnell had polio, which the former leader of the Senate Republican Conference cited as a reason for not backing Robert F Kennedy’s nomination to be Health and Human Services Secretary.
McConnell cited his experience with polio as a reason for his decision to oppose Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who has spread several baseless conspiracy theories, including the untrue claim that vaccines cause autism.
When asked about McConnell’s experience with polio, Trump said he wasn’t aware if the senator ever contracted the disease.
“The Senate’s power of advice and consent is not an option; it is an obligation, and one we cannot pretend to misunderstand,” McConnell said in a statement on Gabbard.
