Cassidy declines to back Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton
1 Sep 15 11:26 AM · 8d ago · 19 articles · 1 video · 12 posts · 93 comments · 6 sources · development 1 of 1
When asked whether he would support Trump's nomination of Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration, Cassidy declined to offer an opinion, saying only that "I think there will be a hearing" on her nomination.
“This is not making America healthy again. This is making America die from diseases that we never died from before, at least not in decades.”
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Sen. Bill Cassidy Senate Health Committee chair (R-La.)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. HHS SecretaryHeidi Overton Trump's FDA nominee
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first by The Hill, 7d ago · also MS NOW, Joe.My.God., Washington Post
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- GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy calls measles outbreak a ‘terrible legacy’ for the Trump administration MS NOW · 7d ago
- Bill Cassidy: Measles Will Be Trump's “Terrible Legacy” Joe.My.God. · 7d ago
- Sen. Cassidy: Measles Surge ‘Terrible Legacy’ for Trump NewsMax.com · 6d ago
- Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’ washingtonpost.com · 6d ago
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first by Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 7d ago · also Guardian, Al Jazeera, Reuters
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first by semafor.com, 8d ago · also Semafor, Yahoo
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first by The Washington Sun, 7d ago · also Politico
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- Bill Cassidy urges FDA nominee to reject Trump’s vaccine claim Politico · 3d ago
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first by CBS News, 3d ago
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first by Politico, 6d ago
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) on Wednesday said the nation’s worst measles outbreak in the United States in 35 years is “going to be a terrible legacy for this administration,” citing recent deaths in Pennsylvania.
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Cassidy grandstanding to minimise his own avoidable legacy of enabling anti-vaxxers, as if to demonstrate what he might have looked like with a spine. — ‘His remarks come as the US grapples with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades. “To suffer from any disease is awful, but to suffer one which is avoidable, that’s even worse,” Cassidy…
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It's HIS legacy. I sincerely hope he understands that.
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At Semafor’s Future of Health Forum, Cassidy — a former physician and chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee — expressed outrage at the spike in measles cases and instances of “kids dying from measles,” tying it to the administration’s policies and messaging on vaccination.
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YES. We all knew what RFK Jr would do if confirmed. Cassidy was in the position to stop the confirmation and he didn’t. He failed at a basic job duty.
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And I blame Republican Senator Bill Cassidy for measles deaths in Pennsylvania and everywhere else. He had ample opportunity to block RFK Jr.’s confirmation but he told Senator Tillis, and I quote, to “see how it plays out”. Well, Cassidy, how is this playing out for ya? Republican senator blames Trum...
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I think he’s a little confused about whose legacy this will really be.
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🟡 NEW: Sen. Bill Cassidy sharply criticized the Trump administration’s handling of vaccines: "This is not making America healthy again"
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This is Sen. Cassidy’s legacy. 2nd paragraph of his obituary.
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Republican senator who voted to confirm RFKJr blames Trump for his own voting https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/16/republican-senator-bill-cassidy-blames-trump-administration-measles-deaths-pennsylvania
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Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administration
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This is the same guy who voted to confirm RFK Jr, correct?
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GOP Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of measles is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administration Sen Bill Cassidy said 3 people in Pennsylvania died of measles, with a 4th death under review, because of misinformation & misguided policies. #Blues
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We can lay a lot of the responsibility right at your feet, Mr. Vote to Approve.
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Come. On. Cassidy gave the deciding thumbs up vote out of the committee he chairs. Kennedy wld not have been given a full vote/confirmation had he voted NO. GOP own the assault on this country and our lives. Cassidy has special ownership here. This outrage and blame is so ludicrously beyond absurd.
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What obituary, at the rate he's going he gets a trivia question.
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Look. In. The. Mirror. Senator. Then shut up. You voted to confirm. On February 4, 2025, you stood on the senate floor and made a speech in support of Rfk Jr. And you’re a doctor.
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"The vaccines are safe." Sen. Bill Cassidy says President Trump needs to be "radically honest" on vaccines amid measles outbreak.
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This man has absolutely ZERO self awareness—ZERO.
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If only he had been in a position to do something about it.
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His legacy. Cassidy’s. It is all on him.
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If he thinks the return of measles is the marquee disaster for Trump, his sycophants & GOP Congressmen who OKed his horrific appointments, didn’t stop a war, join w/ Rep. Green to impeach him, etc. he doesn’t have a clue what is happening IRL, where safety nets are fraying & people are dying while
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Cassidy was the deciding vote to approve Kennedy.
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If only there had been a medical doctor in the senate that could have stopped the nomination of a grossly unqualified political hack to the HHS secretary
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