A Home Democrat filed articles of impeachment towards Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday in a possible futile effort to oust the Well being and Human Providers Secretary.
Kennedy “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,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) stated in an announcement.
Democrats would face an uphill battle to question Kennedy within the Republican-controlled Home of Representatives. Democratic leaders, together with Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, aren’t backing the impeachment push, in accordance with the New York Instances.
In her articles of impeachment, Stevens, who’s working for Senate in Michigan, accused Kennedy of endangering public well being and undermining necessary medical analysis.
Throughout his time period as Well being and Human Providers Secretary, Kennedy has gutted employees on the Meals and Drug Administration and Facilities for Illness Management, together with firing CDC leaders and members of the company’s vaccine panel.
“His actions are reckless, his leadership is harmful, and his tenure has become a direct threat to our nation’s health and security,” Stevens stated. “Congress cannot and will not stand by while one man dismantles decades of medical progress.”
Stevens has been a vocal critic of Kennedy all year long, introducing a invoice to reverse funding cuts all through his division and teasing the impeachment articles in September.
However whereas loads of observers have known as for Kennedy’s removing through the yr, Stevens’ articles of impeachment are unlikely to maneuver via the Home. Kennedy is a detailed ally of President Trump and Republicans in Congress stay reluctant to interrupt with the occasion’s chief.
Stevens’ impeachment push towards Kennedy is prone to be a part of a number of futile impeachment actions from latest years. One other Michigan Democrat, Shri Thanedar, filed comparable articles towards Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump himself earlier this yr.
Throughout President Joe Biden’s time period, Republicans filed impeachment articles towards then-Vice President Kamala Harris, then-Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland, former Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Biden himself, all to no avail.
