HHS Secretary Kennedy Crashes Out In Wild CNN Interview

Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. crashes out during his wild Sunday appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash.

Along the way, Kennedy ducked responsibility for fueling the drop in measles vaccinations, attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci for all things COVID, declared the U.S. had the “highest COVID death rate” in the world (we were 16th when measured per capita), and even turned his ire on Bash and CNN.

Check out the bite-sized clips below as well as the full segment thanks to journalist Aaron Rupar.

BASH: How do you prepare for the next pandemic? That’s part of your job now

RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong

BASH: But what about now?

RFK Jr: We need to protect our constitutional rights

BASH: What does that mean?

RFK Jr: During covid we completely dismantled our… pic.twitter.com/DDwFGYLEvZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026

RFK Jr: We had the highest death rate from covid of any nation on earth

BASH: That’s not accurate

RFK Jr: What I said was accurate

BASH: There are other countries that had higher

RFK Jr: When Fauci was mismanaging the pandemic, he was doing it under the Biden administration pic.twitter.com/MB0aZbE9S8

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026

RFK Jr: President Trump wanted to end the lockdowns. In Fauci’s diary, he talks about how President Trump was calling him every day trying to get him to reopen the country

BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors

RFK Jr: They were doing it citing Fauci

BASH: Governors were… pic.twitter.com/yr78I3W9JZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026

RFK Jr: Dana, you probably don’t understand this because you’re not a scientist

BASH: Well you’re not either!

RFK Jr: I know you’re flustered now pic.twitter.com/h8c95Scsq7

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026

“You were scaring people. That was the job of CNN” — RFK Jr attacks Dana Bash over her claim that the covid vaccine worked. Bash ends up telling him to stop and tries to pivot to measles. pic.twitter.com/S1Ly9SixSy

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026

RFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking pic.twitter.com/jmVEtu8xtl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026

The full segment:

😳 RFK Jr’s epic CNN crashout 😳

Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump’s culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog

Here’s the full thing: pic.twitter.com/Bucrkxm7np

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2026