Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday, accusing him of abusing the powers of his office and undermining public health, putting Americans’ lives at risk.

He “has got to go,” Stevens said in a video announcing the impeachment articles. In an accompanying press statement, she said Kennedy, who rose to prominence as an ardent anti-vaccine activist, “has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people—spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk.” She called him the “biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.”

It is very unlikely that an impeachment push will gain traction in the Republican-controlled Congress. No other Democratic lawmakers are backing the articles.

  • ameancow@lemmy.world
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    More evidence on the controlled opposition pile that will be completely ignored by the Dem guzzlers here.

    This is just a weird, cynical take that makes you sound like the tankies who regularly escape .ml, where anyone who isn’t marching in an olive drab jumpsuit with a red star is a “dem loving liberal.”

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      It’s cynical, sure.

      If you’re not a cynic towards politicians, you’re kind of a dumbass.

      Why do you think that the establishment Dems aren’t backing this impeachment?

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        It was cynicism towards people in the post even before reading people’s comments, it’s deliberately inflammatory and I call that stupid attention-seeking shit out when I see it.

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      Ok but that’s not what I said, so why make shit up? It hurts your feelings that much when people mention the DNC’s own actions?

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        it hurts your feelings that much

        Oh lord you’re one of them. Never mind, another for the list.