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On the recordJanuary 28, 2025
You met with the prime minister. You talked about vaccinations. You met with an anti-vaccine influencer who described the meeting as, quote, profoundly monumental for this movement. So what happens? Vaccinations go down. There's a measles outbreak and children start dying. But you double down. My question is, do you accept even a scintilla, just even a sliver of responsibility for the drop in vaccinations and the subsequent deaths of more than 70 people? Anything you do differently?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Elizabeth Warren confronts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his role in a measles outbreak linked to decreased vaccinations.

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