CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sen. Jon Husted took aim at the CDC, accusing the agency of letting “politics override science” during the pandemic — while sidestepping how his own party fueled vaccine skepticism from the start.

On cleveland.com’s “Today in Ohio” podcast, hosts Leila Atassi, Courtney Astolfi, Laura Johnston and Lisa Garvin called out the hypocrisy, connecting Husted’s attack to a broader Republican strategy of undermining public health that began during Donald Trump’s first term and continues today.

During a Senate Health Committee hearing , Husted condemned what he called “politically motivated decisions” by the CDC during the pandemic, claiming the agency prioritized “politics and special interests” over science. But the podcast hosts weren’t buying his selective outrage.

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