Trump's former surgeon general blasts Kennedy for 'tepid' response to CDC shootings

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

08/10/2025 03:27 PM EDT


A former U.S. surgeon general on Sunday said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “failed” in his response to the shootings that took place on Friday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta.

“How you respond to a crisis defines a leader, and quite frankly Secretary Kennedy has failed in his first major test in this regard,” Dr. Jerome Adams told CBS’ Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”

Adams said Kennedy’s response to the deadly shooting was “tepid,” and criticized the secretary for the length of time it took the him to address the deadly act of violence.

“It took him over 18 hours to issue a tepid response to these horrific shootings, and that’s not even considering how his inflammatory rhetoric in the past have actually contributed to a lot of what’s been going on,” said Adams, who served during President Donald Trump’s first term. A spokesperson for HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/surgeon-general-blasts-kennedy-response-cdc-shootings-00502310

[CentralMass]

1. These people are terrible human beings.

[RockRaven]

2. BobbyBrainworm is aligned with the shooter's rhetoric, so of course he's got nothing useful.

What is he gonna say, "oh no, this guy just did exactly what anyone who takes my babble seriously would do, oh no..."......? Not likely.

And let's not pretend this Adams asshole is any better. Fuck CBS and FtN and Brennan for platforming this fucking ghoul who was part of Mike Pence's willful HIV-spreading "moral grounds" Indiana policy abomination.

[CozyMystery]

3. Where is Surgeon General Hinton in the midst of all this?

I swear the entire country is falling apart. Heck, most of the world is, if you think about it too long.

My daughter is moving to France in less than 2 weeks to do some more grad work at a university there. I wasn't glad, but with each day I read the news, I get happier that she is going far away.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Trump's people are not leaders. They are insane criminals.

They just act out their psychopathology and commit crimes all day long.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Abuse serves their power grab agenda to control the populace.

Doesn't matter what form the abuse takes, or whether they create it or tolerate it. Abuse is the point. Make people numb and fearful. That serves their power grab.

[Javaman]

6. vaccines bad, bullets good.

that's all you need to know about the brain damage asshole.