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.

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    But why do I have to vote for the bad actors and like them? Why can’t I criticize them without being called a Russian or Irianian or whatever?

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      18 hours ago

      I don’t think anyone said you had to like them. And by all means, you can vote third party, or not vote at all. Now, how did we get here again? One more item for that list! I also already gave you a solution of how not to be criticized for being a bad actor, but you seem to be happier focusing on the symptoms rather than the causes.

      I’m tired of dealing with your paper-thin arguments piecemeal. Feel free to search “flaws in American democracy” and read the answers by people far more educated in the field than me, and apparently you, and stop wasting the time of people here.

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          18 hours ago

          No, criticizing democrats, or republicans for that matter, isn’t a solution. It’s a first step at best, and masturbatory self-soothing at worst.

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              17 hours ago

              I’m not sure what that has to do with what I said. The difficulty you’re having with this conversation isn’t something I can help you with.