Richard Besser, former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday called Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “major ideologue” amid turmoil at the CDC.

“And now with the loss of leadership and secretary of Health who came in not just with policy differences, but he‘s a major ideologue. He is one of the leading anti-vaccine proponents in the nation, and he came in clearly set on moving forward with his agenda,” Besser said on CNN’s “The Lead.”

“And he‘s done that, although he promised the Senate he would not,” he added.

Besser and eight other former CDC leaders penned a New York Times opinion piece published Monday, offering a warning about the changes Kennedy has brought about at the CDC, which they said should "alarm every

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