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RFK Jr's latest CDC hack crashes and burns

During her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump's third CDC director nominee already during his second term, left Democratic senators aghast with her evasive and nonsensical responses to questions about RFK Jr, vaccines, and whether she would follow dangerous and illegal orders

This exchange with Sen. Hassan tells the story:

HASSAN: If RFK Jr ordered you to stop promoting the flu vaccine during a deadly flu season, would you?

SCHWARTZ: We have to prioritize what we can focus on--

HASSAN: This isn't a hypothetical. RFK Jr in the middle of a deadly flu outbreak directed the CDC to stop all promotion of the flu vaccine. So would you stop promoting it if ordered to?

SCHWARTZ: I don't speak in hypotheticals--

HASSAN: This isn't a hypothetical! It happened

Here's a supercut from Schwartz's ill-fated exchanges with Hassan and Bernie Sanders:

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