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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.

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[-] flamiera@kbin.melroy.org 18 points 1 month ago

No other Democratic lawmakers are backing the articles.

Way to be there, guys...

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

More evidence on the controlled opposition pile that will be completely ignored by the Dem guzzlers here.

[-] ManixT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, we should elect more republicans, amirite?

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

No they're saying don't vote. That always works out so good.

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[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Contact them. Flood their inboxes, chats, and phone lines.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

Can't wait for this to go nowhere.

[-] velindora@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 month ago

On one hand yes, on the other—at least someone is trying to impeach him… unlike Trump.

[-] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Impeachment means nothing anymore. Who fucking cares.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

This POS and the POS that put him there - Pedonald - should be held responsible for all the lives they are endangering.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

How nice of you to only say endanger... surely many have died already.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Filed by a Democrat so DOA in the current House. Flip it in '26 and we'll talk.

Flip the House AND Senate and it might actually happen.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Flip it in '26 and we'll talk.

Has any country ever voted its way out of fascism?

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Now do Hegseth, McMahon, Patel, and Basset

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Symbolic only. Everyone knows it will go precisely nowhere.

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I pray to God and the baby Jesus that I don't believe in that he will be stripped of power and removed for any office that allows him to make decisions on policy.

Or any decisions. At all... Even outside the office. Him mom should lay out his clothing for the day so he doesn't have to decide anything.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This is a decent podcast about this guy....

https://podbay.fm/p/pod-save-america/e/1765094700

[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Just for him we should make a new law for the "abuse of stupidity".

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Seriously though, that poor worm!

[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

The worm DIED of malnutrition. There's nothing there.

He has enough steam to blow the whistle but not enough to pull the train.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

pointless gestures for $100, Alex

[-] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

What else can they do? I think what's despicable is that no other dems are backing this. At least all dems should back it, so that it's 100% visible for everyone who is responsible for children dying from preventable diseases.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Get caught trying, it’s way better than doing literally nothing. Where are all the other house dems on this?

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Democrats love doing fucking nothing

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not much else they can do except raise awareness and get people to vote in the midterms. Which isn’t nothing.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It’s not “the democrats” it’s just one person. The rest of them are sitting on their hands and cashing bribe checks.

[-] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

dead children is too political for the politicians. Holding some sort of opinion may alienate donors who have have different opinions.

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

At least it's on the record that they tried, even if it's a futile endeavor.

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[-] qualia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

His defamation of the efficacy/safety of acetaminophen has been quite APAP smear.

[-] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I thought the Kennedys had learned about the negative side effects from lobotomies after Rosemary. Then this guy popped up.

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