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RFK Jr. Shouts at Dana Bash in Raging COVID Vaccine Debate: ‘You Were Scaring People. That Was the Job of CNN’

The Secretary of Health and Human Services gets heated as his on-air interview boils over into a 22-minute showdown The post RFK Jr. Shouts at Dana Bash in Raging COVID Vaccine Debate: ‘You Were Scaring People. That Was the Job of CNN’ appeared first on TheWrap .

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. engaged in a heated debate with CNN anchor Dana Bash during a segment on "State of the Union." The discussion focused on the Trump administration's pandemic preparedness and Kennedy's skepticism of vaccines. Kennedy criticized lockdowns, which he claimed had the most damaging effect on the country, despite the highest COVID-related death rate.

Bash refuted Kennedy's claims using Johns Hopkins University data, stating that the U.S. did not have the most COVID deaths. Kennedy defended his stance, insisting that the U.S. should have listened to alternative treatments and doctors. He also highlighted the need to protect constitutional rights, claiming that authorities had dismantled them during the pandemic.

Bash challenged Kennedy's clarity on pandemic preparation, accusing both him and CNN of enabling inaccurate information. Kennedy accused CNN of not exercising skepticism and questioned its commitment to truth-telling. The conversation escalated, with Kennedy repeating accusations of inaccuracies and accusing CNN of causing misinformation.

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