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TrumpAs former surgeon general calls for RFK Jr. to be fired
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Kaanita Iyer
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Dr. Jerome Adams, former surgeon general, testifies during the Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 1, 2021.
Dr. Jerome Adams, former surgeon general, testifies during the Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 1, 2021.
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Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald
TrumpAs first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to
swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals.

When asked by CNNAs Victor Blackwell on Saturday if Trump should fire
Kennedy, Adams said, oI absolutely believe that he should for the sake of
the nation and the sake of his legacy.o

AdamsA comments come after a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill earlier
this week, where Kennedy was grilled by both Democrats and Republicans
about his views on vaccines and the recent exodus at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, including the resignation of its director, over tighter vaccine policies Kennedy was pushing.

oIAm deeply concerned about the health and safety of our nation under RFKAs current leadership,o Adams told Blackwell, later adding: oI absolutely
believe he is uniquely damaging the credibility of federal agencies like
the CDC, (National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration) and heAs putting us at risk.o

The former surgeon general also raised concerns about TrumpAs close relationship with Kennedy, arguing that the president should take charge of health policy.

oIAm just flabbergasted, to be honest, that he seems to have President
Trump in a thrall,o Adams said. oPresident Trump is clearly the leader on foreign policy, clearly the leader on the economy and tariffs. But when it comes to health heAs doing whatever RFK says.o

Yet, Adams said he is ohopefulo that Trump will recognize what he described
as othe dangero Kennedy poses.

oI still am hopeful that President Trump will begin to see the danger that
is being presented u not just to America, but to his own legacy u by continuing to have RFK in this position, making these horrific decisions,o Adams told Blackwell.


During ThursdayAs congressional hearing, Kennedy defended the changes at
the CDC, claiming that they owere absolutely necessary adjustments to
restore the agency to its role as the worldAs gold standard public health agency.o

When Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren argued that last monthAs decision by
the FDA u which falls under KennedyAs purview u is effectively denying some people access to updated Covid-19 vaccines after only approving it for a limited group of people, Kennedy cast doubt on the efficacy of the vaccine.

oIAm not going to recommend a product for which thereAs no clinical data
for that indication. Is that what I should be doing?o Kennedy asked Warren.

Following the hearing, Trump praised KennedyAs performance, saying that
while he didnAt watch the hearing, oI heard he did very well today.o

But on Friday Trump appeared to distance himself from FloridaAs decision to eliminate school vaccine requirements, that all people should get certain vaccines.

oI think you have to be very careful when you say that some people donAt
have to be vaccinated,o he said. oYou have vaccines that work, they just
pure and simple work. TheyAre not controversial at all, and I think those vaccines should be used, otherwise some people are going to catch it, and
they endanger other people.o

CNNAs Adam Cancryn contributed to this report.

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