Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who was regarded as open to voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to move the Division of Well being and Human Companies, now says the nominee is in deep trouble after his rocky affirmation listening to.
“I don’t think it went well for him today. I don’t think that was a good one,” he stated after Kennedy sparred with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee over his previous statements and stance on vaccines.
Fetterman stated after the bruising listening to that he thinks Kennedy’s nomination could also be “moot.”
“It’s moot,” he stated when requested if he’s nonetheless open to voting for Kennedy. “I’m not really sure how much support’s going to emerge after that.”
The Pennsylvania Democrat famous that he’s met with Kennedy twice already.
“I think we can all agree that was really a difficult performance,” he stated. “I’m not sure he’ll even make it out of the committee.”