“Does the entire Republican Congress have to get the measles for them to do something?”

“Actually, it is unusual, because it was eradicated.

You’re not giving out the proper information.

Whoopi Goldberg on The View; U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. sits in a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC

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This is your job, dude.

People are gonna die if they believe what you’re saying and they don’t check.

I’m very worried about this reaction,” Goldberg continued.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC

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“It’s kind of like, ‘Yeah, this is not a big deal.’

They have no idea.

To flippantly put it off and say that this is what happens all the time it doesn’t.

So, what are you going to do about it, RFK?

What are you gonna do?”

Joy Behar, 82, cut in to ask, “What’s it going to take?

Does the entire Republican Congress have to get the measles for them to do something?”

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to the Department of Health and Human Services for a response.

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