Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday that if he were a woman, he “wouldn’t take medical advice from [Health Secretary] Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,” after Kennedy and President Donald Trump suggested that Tylenol use during pregnancy may cause autism.
In an interview with MSNOW’s Ali Vitali, Thune rejected the notion that Republicans are a “party of no dissent,” citing disagreement with the administration’s health messaging as an example. “If I were a woman, I’d be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK or any other government bureaucrat,” he said.
Thune urged caution in making medical assertions, emphasizing that public health guidance should be grounded in “science and medicine.” Obstetric and fetal medicine organizations have dismissed Kennedy’s and Trump’s claims, reiterating that acetaminophen remains one of the safest options for pregnant women.
Following Thune’s comments, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office criticized him on social media for having “voted to confirm” Kennedy while calling his advice “quack medicine.”
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