Senate GOP Leader Says He’s ‘Very Concerned’ About RFK Jr’s Claims On Tylenol, Autism

Sarah Rumpf Sep 24th, 2025, 7:25 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he was “very concerned” about recent comments by President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming there was a connection between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism, telling CNN anchor Dana Bash that he thought “science ought to guide these discussions.”

Monday, Trump and Kennedy held a press conference during which they made a number of unfounded claims about autism, blamed women for taking Tylenol during pregnancy, misrepresented the current vaccine schedule, and erroneously asserted that the Amish and people in Cuban have “ no autism .”

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