Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped a truth bomb on Rep. Rosa DeLauro during a congressional hearing, dismantling her shaky measles narrative with hard numbers. The purple-haired Democrat’s attempt to paint the U.S. as a measles hotspot got a swift reality check. Looks like facts don’t care about feelings, Rosa.
The Daily Caller reported that Kennedy corrected DeLauro’s claim that the U.S. has worse measles outbreaks than other countries, using data to show Canada, Mexico, and Western Europe are far from shining examples of disease control.
DeLauro’s accusation came while questioning potential NIH research funding cuts. Her woke posturing crumbled under Kennedy’s evidence.
DeLauro tried to flex her moral high ground, saying, “The Europe you are referring to is the WHO European region.” She claimed Western Europe, like Great Britain, saw no measles deaths this year, implying U.S. failures. Too bad her cherry-picked stats didn’t survive Kennedy’s fact-check.
“Let me address your issue first, because I want to correct you,” Kennedy fired back. He laid out the U.S. situation: about 1,100 measles cases, with just 15 new ones last year, showing a plateau. No panic here, just steady control.
Kennedy then turned to Canada, which reported 1,506 measles cases across seven jurisdictions. With one-eighth of the U.S. population, Canada’s higher case count punches holes in DeLauro’s narrative. Guess the maple leaf isn’t so healthy after all.
Mexico didn’t fare much better, with Chihuahua’s health department confirming 1,041 measles cases. That’s roughly the same as the U.S., despite Mexico having one-third of our population, plus 300 new cases last week. DeLauro’s global superiority complex just took another hit.
Western Europe, DeLauro’s supposed gold standard, is drowning in nearly 6,000 measles cases, per the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. That’s ten times the U.S. count, confirmed by an HHS spokesperson to the Daily Caller News Foundation. So much for her “we’re worse” sermon.
Kennedy didn’t stop there. “Western Europe has about 6,000 which is ten times the number that we have,” he said. DeLauro’s attempt to dunk on U.S. public health got schooled by raw data.
“You are wrong about what you said earlier,” Kennedy added, sealing the smackdown. The U.S. reported 1,001 confirmed cases across 31 jurisdictions, including New York and Texas, as of May 8, per the CDC. That’s a fraction of Europe’s mess.
DeLauro’s reference to the WHO European region, spanning 53 countries including low-vaccination spots like Romania, was a weak dodge.
Kennedy clarified that Western Europe, the fairer comparison, is struggling far more than the U.S. Her attempt to muddy the waters fell flat.
The U.S. has managed its measles cases with precision, Kennedy’s data showed. Canada’s 1,500 cases and Mexico’s rapid spike suggest our neighbors aren’t exactly poster children for public health. DeLauro’s sanctimonious lecture ignored this inconvenient truth.
Western Europe’s 6,000 cases, internally reported to the CDC, underscore Kennedy’s point. DeLauro’s claim that the U.S. is uniquely plagued doesn’t hold up when Europe’s numbers are tenfold worse. Facts are stubborn things.
Kennedy’s takedown was a masterclass in cutting through woke distortions. DeLauro’s attempt to shame the U.S. relied on selective storytelling, not reality. Turns out, purple hair doesn’t make you immune to being wrong.