Senile Traitor Senator McConnell Pretends Now to be a Hero

By opposing the voodoo idiot, RFK Jr., appointed by Trump and now in charge of the country's health, the aging senator from Kentucky (another backward southern state) Mitch McConnell is now presentig himself to be an anti-Trump resistor and hero.

But he is the same McConnell who consistently defended Trump's illegal actions during his first term and refused to impeach him, knowing full well the danger to democracy that Trump presents.

In response to the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary, the senile senator Mitch McConnell said in a news release that as a "survivor of childhood polio, I have watched vaccines save millions of lives from diseases across the country and around the world".

“Individuals, parents, and families have a right to push for a healthier nation and demand the best possible scientific guidance on preventing and treating illness,” Sen. McConnell said. “But a record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions does not entitle Mr. Kennedy to lead these important efforts.”

Too late, Mitch. You continued to back Trump and his accessories in crime during your tenure over the past several years. But now that you are not planning to run again in November 2026, you are free to speak up. Which means that you knew the truth, you knew how dangerous Trump and those he appoints to office are to the country, but you chose not to confront them because you feared losing the next election. This is indecency at its best, disgusting and lacks the integrity required in a senior member of Congress.

Senator McConnell was the only Republican to vote no to Kennedy's confirmation as Health Secretary. No other Republican coward dared break ranks with the Trump dictator to oppose his nomination. McConnell suddenly discovered that science should be the metric, not populist consipracy-therory-peddling, for such grave matters as vaccines and drug approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

When pressed during his confirmation hearings, Kennedy refused to acknowledge the medical consensus that vaccines are safe. Health care activists hold Kennedy partially responsible for a measles outbreak in Samoa in 2021 that infected 57,000 people and killed dozens. While he continues to deny any responsibility for the outbreak, Kennedy did cooperate with anti-vaccine activists like Edwin Tamanese during his 2019 visit to the island.

Like many other Trump appointees instructed to disband the federal government, Kennedy has also singled out the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, threatening to fire employees for “aggressive suppression” of raw milk, psychedelics and discredited COVID-era treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

Former CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Acting Director Richard E. Besser said about Kennedy that his "dangerous positions could take a sledgehammer to our nation’s medical and public health systems...Kennedy has sowed confusion and distrust on health issues, favoring pseudoscience over evidence-based science and conspiracy theories over truth. Disinformation harms all people, but the ripple effects can do the most damage in communities with the greatest health disparities."

"It’s almost as if Mr. Kennedy’s beliefs, history, and background were tailor-made to be the exact opposite of what the job demands," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.  "A few weeks ago, it seemed like maybe Senate Republicans would have drawn the line on nominees like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard. But the past few days have been a stunning capitulation by Senate Republicans. At this point they’re just rubber-stamping people, no matter how fringe they are."