President Donald Trump showed his support for HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images and Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
"He means very well. And he's got some little different ideas. I guarantee a lot of the people at this table like RFK Jr., and I do, but he's got a different take, and we want to listen to all of those takes," said the president.
"But I heard he did very well today," Trump went on. "It's not your standard talk, I would say that, and that has to do with medical and vaccines. But if you look at what's going on in the world with health and look at this country also with regard to health, I like the fact that he's different."
While testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, Kennedy faced intense criticism from Democratic senators, including Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who accused Kennedy of putting children into "harm's way" with his policies.
Wyden pressed Kennedy during the hearing, saying that he believed Kennedy had "no regrets" about a "fundamentally cruel" agenda.
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Vice President JD Vance also came to Kennedy's defense, telling the senators, "you're full of s---." (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Vice President JD Vance also came to Kennedy’s defense on Thursday, saying the senators who grilled him are "full of s--- and everyone knows it."
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"When I see all these senators trying to lecture and ‘gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy today all I can think is: You all support off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal ‘therapies’ for children, mutilating our kids and enriching big pharma," Vance wrote in an X post. "You're full of s--- and everyone knows it."
Kennedy reposted the vice president, writing, "Thank you @JDVance. You put your finger squarely on the preeminent problem."
Kennedy's testimony came one day after over 1,000 current and former HHS employees signed a letter calling for his resignation on Wednesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also called for his resignation.
Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch, Jasmine Baehr and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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