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Thune says he would not take Advice from RFK Jr. 'if I were a woman'

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD.) said if he was a woman he wouldn't take medical advice from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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The Senate majority leader appeared to distance himself from the health secretary in an MSNBC interview.

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-- HuffPost (@huffpost.com) Oct 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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... Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said if he was a woman he wouldn't take medical advice from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing recent claims the secretary made that President Trump endorsed.

MSNOW's senior Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali asked Thune in a Thursday interview whether the GOP was becoming a "party of no dissent," noting that lawmakers like Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and Susan Collins (Maine) " who are up for reelection " are among the few who have publicly disagreed with party leadership and the White House on some issues.

Thune said he disagreed with that assertion and said he dissented on some issues, citing the administration's position on pregnant women using Tylenol as one example. Vitali asked whether he believed Kennedy's rhetoric on the over-the-counter medication was dangerous.

"If I were a woman, I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking, you know, advice from RFK or any other government bureaucrat for that matter," Thune said. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-16 11:49 PM

So what, exactly, is Sen Thune railing against?

Medical knowledge, or the government's provision of that medical knowledge to Americans, or?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-16 11:51 PM

Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth (1990)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
[Verse 1]
You had something to hide
Should have hidden it, shouldn't you?
Now you're not satisfied
With what you're being put through

[Refrain]
It's just time to pay the price
For not listening to advice
And deciding in your youth
On the policy of truth

[Verse 2]
Things could be so different now
It used to be so civilized
You will always wonder how
It could have been if you'd only lied
...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-16 11:54 PM

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