A House Democrat filed articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday in a likely futile effort to oust the health and human services secretary.

Kennedy “has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people – spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs and putting lives at risk,” Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., said in a statement.

Democrats would face an uphill battle to impeach Kennedy in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Democratic leaders, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are not backing the impeachment push, according to the New York Times.

In her articles of impeachment, Stevens, who is running for Senate in Michigan, accused Kennedy of endangering public health and undermining important medical resea

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