"Even ahead of his hearing before the Senate Finance Committee this week - in which Kennedy claimed that Monarez told him she was not " trustworthy" - GOP senators previously aligned with his "Make America Healthy Again" mandate had already begun expressing public criticisms about her shocking ouster. "I need to know why... his words in his confirmation hearing aren't matching up with some of the deeds," demanded Thom Tillis, a GOP senator and Senate Finance Committee member from North Carolina who, , expressed his displeasure to Capitol Hill reporters ahead of the September 4 hearing."
"Post-hearing, the senior North Carolina senator pointed to Kennedy's swift reversal on Monarez, president Donald Trump's pick for CDC director who just a month prior he'd praised during her confirmation hearings that brought her, for just under a month, from acting director to official. Tillis also seemed to make reference to the anti-vax HHS director's dismissal of the COVID-19 vaccines, which Trump pridefully claims to have "[come] up with" by enacting the multi-billion-dollar Project Warp Speed public-private partnership in 2020, during the early days of the pandemic."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS secretary and noted vaccine critic, has a history of personal controversies and public scrutiny. Kennedy fired CDC director Susan Monarez after she accused him of scientific "sabotage" in the Wall Street Journal. Kennedy claimed during a Senate Finance Committee hearing that Monarez told him she was not "trustworthy." GOP senators who had backed his agenda publicly criticized Monarez's ouster and questioned Kennedy's rapid reversal on a previously praised appointee. Critics also referenced Kennedy's dismissal of COVID-19 vaccines and tensions with prior initiatives such as Project Warp Speed.
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