Vice President J.D. Vance rushed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defense after the HHS secretary faced relentless bipartisan criticism in a Senate hearing over his tenure in the Trump administration.

Vance lashed out at the senators on X, saying they were trying to “‘gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy.” He went on to say that senators who supported health care for transgender minors didn’t have a leg to stand on.

“You all support off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal ‘therapies’ for children,” he wrote. You’re full of s**t and everyone knows it.”

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Kennedy’s hearing inspired multiple tense exchanges between the secretary and senators, including several members of the GOP who have been vocal critics of transgender health care.

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden declared America is in a “healthcare

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