U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took a personal stance in his attack on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid reports of revoking the Polio vaccine.
A portion of McConnell’s left leg is paralyzed due to a childhood bout with Polio and the GOP leader reacted to The New York Times report on Friday about Kennedy’s lawyer petitioning the government on the vaccine, warning RFK Jr. and others to “steer clear” of efforts as he raised the alarm over “specious disinformation.”
“The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death,” the report noted.
“That campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, Aaron Siri, is waging against vaccines of all kinds,” the article continued.
“Mr. Siri has also filed a petition seeking to pause the distribution of 13 other vaccines; challenged, and in some cases quashed, Covid vaccine mandates around the country; sued federal agencies for the disclosure of records related to vaccine approvals; and subjected prominent vaccine scientists to grueling videotaped depositions,” The Times added.
McConnell reacted in a statement as he played the polio card in attacking the “dangerous” effort to revoke approval for the vaccine.
