Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) criticized President Donald Trump’s latest vaccine remarks, warning parents against following advice he said could undermine confidence in childhood immunizations.
Schumer Slams Trump Vaccine Claims
On Monday, in a post on X, Schumer aimed at Trump, calling the president’s remarks “the ramblings of an insane person” and urging parents not to follow his vaccine advice.
“No parent should listen to him or RFK Jr. when it comes to vaccinating their child,” he wrote.
He added, “Stupidity like this is the reason measles cases are reaching their highest levels in decades.”
Trump Pushes Vaccine Changes
In a clip shared alongside the post, Trump said children should have “five separate visits for vaccines” around age 1 rather than receiving multiple vaccines during the same appointment.
He also claimed he had seen vaccinations that appeared to be “the size of a bottle of soda” being administered to young children and said, “bad things happen in many cases, too many cases.”
White House did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comments.
Trump Overhauled Childhood Vaccine
President Trump signed an executive order that narrowed the list of childhood vaccines recommended for all children to 11 and directed the Department of Health and Human Services to review vaccination schedules and safety monitoring.
The order also called for the MMR vaccine to eventually be offered as three separate shots. Trump said the changes reflected “gold-standard” recommendations.
During the signing ceremony, Trump repeatedly linked rising autism diagnoses to vaccines, saying some groups with lower vaccine use had “virtually no problem with autism.”
Trump Pushed Vaccine Changes
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Last week, White House spokesman Kush Desai said Trump wanted the U.S. to have the “best childhood vaccine schedule in the world.”
The administration had also sought to reduce recommended childhood vaccines and align the U.S. schedule with countries using fewer shots.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had claimed the administration identified interventions “almost certainly causing autism,” despite limited scientific evidence linking childhood vaccines to autism.
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