Republican’s Remarks on Vaccine ‘Debate’ Sparks Online Backlash [Video]

Senator-elect Jim Banks, an Indiana Republican, told CNN‘s Manu Raju on Friday that America is “ready for a big debate about vaccines,” sparking backlash from some on social media.

The online criticism came after Banks, who currently serves Indiana as a U.S. representative, and Raju had a conversation on Inside Politics about a recent New York Times report that said an aide for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for health and human services secretary, petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke polio vaccine approval.

“RFK is obviously a unique and diverse choice. A lifelong Democrat. One of the major figures in the Kennedy family. Obviously, he has a lot of views that Donald Trump appreciates and supports. But at the end of the day, Donald Trump is the president in the White House and RFK is going to work for him,” Banks told Raju in the clip. …