Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Newsmax Friday that his colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee treated Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “disrespectfully” at a fiery oversight hearing the day before because they “don’t want to admit that maybe their advice” to get the COVID-19 vaccine “resulted in somebody’s death or permanent disability.”

“I’m a big supporter of what RFK Jr. is attempting to do and all that he has done over the years in terms of protecting children’s health and trying to expose the truth to the American public,” Johnson said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “In 15 years in the Senate, I think RFK Jr. has been probably treated the most disrespectfully as I’ve ever seen a witness treated. Maybe the possible exception would be Secretary Mayorkas, but he opened up the borders, letting in all these criminals, abandoned unaccompanied children. He deserved harsh treatment. Bobby Kennedy does not.”

Arguing that “science has been corrupted,” the Wisconsin Republican stressed that he’s “not anti-vax;” he just has “an open mind” when it comes to vaccines and the harm they can cause.

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