‘Full of S**t’ – VP Vance Responds After Dem Senators Attack RFK Jr.

Vice President J.D. Vance did not mince words after Democratic senators went after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a contentious Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday.

The confrontation reached a boiling point when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) accused Kennedy of endangering children with what he labeled a “fundamentally cruel” and “conspiracy-driven” health agenda.

Kennedy struck back, pointing out that chronic disease rates among children have soared to 76% on Wyden’s watch.

Vance, a former Marine and one of President Donald Trump’s most aggressive defenders, later unloaded on social media:
“When I see all these senators trying to lecture and ‘gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy today all I can think is: You all support off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal ‘therapies’ for children, mutilating our kids and enriching big pharma. You’re full of s— and everyone knows it.”

Kennedy publicly thanked Vance for his blunt defense, writing on X: “You put your finger squarely on the preeminent problem.”

The White House quickly rallied behind Kennedy. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared:
“Secretary [Kennedy] is taking flak because he’s over the target. The Trump Administration is addressing root causes of chronic disease, embracing transparency in government, and championing gold-standard science. Only the Democrats could attack that commonsense effort.”

Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich also piled on, blasting Senate Democrats for ducking serious health issues:
“Democrats are getting absolutely TORCHED by @SecKennedy. They seem uninterested in health or human services, just parrots of a failed medical orthodoxy that has made America less healthy. Great hearing and preparation by the Sec.”

The fireworks came just a day after more than 1,000 current and former HHS employees publicly demanded Kennedy’s resignation, according to Fox News.

Adding to the drama, a former Kennedy aide, Hannah Anderson, accidentally backed her car into the HHS secretary’s vehicle after being abruptly fired in June. Anderson, who had served as deputy chief of staff for policy, was dismissed alongside then–Chief of Staff Heather Flick Melanson in a broader shake-up as Kennedy continues to realign HHS with Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.

The Wall Street Journal profiled the episode as part of a broader look at internal struggles, noting the high-profile ouster of Dr. Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s top vaccine official. Prasad had clashed with biotech giant Sarepta Therapeutics after blocking shipments of a drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Prasad was removed in July following pressure from conservative investigative journalist Laura Loomer, but later reinstated after Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary appealed directly to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Despite the turbulence, Kennedy’s willingness to take on entrenched interests — and the unflinching support of Trump’s inner circle — signals that the administration is not backing down from its fight to break the medical establishment’s stranglehold on U.S. health policy.