Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday, accusing him of abusing the powers of his office and undermining public health, putting Americans’ lives at risk.

He “has got to go,” Stevens said in a video announcing the impeachment articles. In an accompanying press statement, she said Kennedy, who rose to prominence as an ardent anti-vaccine activist, “has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people—spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk.” She called him the “biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.”

It is very unlikely that an impeachment push will gain traction in the Republican-controlled Congress. No other Democratic lawmakers are backing the articles.

  • ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world
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    Not the commenter, but I’m guessing the logic is less should and more will. We live in a world where most elites are sociopaths attracted to power like moths to light, and will always try to do the maximum they think they can get away with to benefit themselves. Proper political systems don’t get rid of this because its a human nature thing, they weaponize it by organizing power structures to align those interests with sections of the people

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      Agreed, so why can’t I criticize those people without Dem guzzlers blowing up my DMs calling me a Russian?

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        Quite frankly, trying to flip congress within the current system is the only play rn. Even if the game is rigged, there’s nothing we can do about it until the average people both see it and care enough to do something.

        As for calling you a Russian troll…surely you can put together the implications there

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          Flip congress to what benefit? So they can fold on the shutdown and approve every appointment and reject every impeachment even harder? They will not do anything for you if you aren’t allowed to criticize them and hold them to account.