Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general under President Donald Trump during his first administration, went on “Face the Nation” to say what everyone is thinking: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could not have bungled the response to Friday’s shootings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worse if he had tried.
Adams slammed Kennedy for taking “over 18 hours to issue a tepid response to these horrific shootings,” which were carried out by an anti-vaccine conspiracist who opened fire on four buildings, killing a police officer and injuring another. All Kennedy could muster Friday night in the aftermath of the attack was to repost a social media statement from CDC Director Susan Monarez. On Saturday morning, Kennedy decided that his first order