RFK Jr. tries to reassure senators he’s ‘all for the polio vaccine’ during outreach with GOP

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clarified Monday during his rounds with GOP senators that he supports the polio vaccine amid revelations that one of his allies had filed a 2022 petition to yank approval of the shot.

“I’m all for the polio vaccine,” the Health and Human Services Secretary designee told reporters in between meetings in the Hart Senate Office Building.

Ahead of the Kennedy scion’s charm offensive with senators, it resurfaced that Aaron Siri, an attorney who served as his personal lawyer during his presidential bid, sought in 2022 to get the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the polio vaccine rescinded.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is set to step down from that role this week, had suffered from polio during his youth, which left his upper left leg paralyzed.

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