A MAGA lawmaker blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for “eroding confidence” among the American public on CNN.

He missed one key detail: It was President Donald Trump who was in office when the COVID vaccine was rolled out.

On CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia leapt to defend Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, after pundit Kate Bedingfield accused Kennedy of putting children at risk by “advancing theories that are dangerous” and undermining public trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Carter insisted it wasn’t Kennedy who caused that distrust—it was the agency itself.

“Eroding confidence in the CDC was the COVID vaccine,” the Georgia Republican said. “The CDC has lost their clout.”

Bedingfield int

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