{"id":37656,"date":"2026-08-11T01:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37656"},"modified":"2026-08-11T01:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:53:04","slug":"gop-senator-rips-trump-vaccine-order-the-president-does-not-have-the-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37656","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Rips Trump Vaccine Order: \u2018The President Does Not Have the Expertise\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5737075\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5737075\" class=\"wp-image-5737075 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-24-at-4-46-14-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Trump and Bill Cassidy\" width=\"1826\" height=\"942\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5737075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: (Aaron Schwartz\/Sipa USA via AP Images), Right: (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen. <strong>Bill Cassidy<\/strong> (R-LA), a physician, tore into President <strong>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/08\/10\/trump-administration-order-would-upend-nations-childhood-vaccine-schedule\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\">executive order<\/a> overhauling federal childhood vaccine recommendations on Monday, arguing the president \u201cdoes not have the expertise\u201d to make such sweeping changes.<\/p>\n<p>His rebuke came after Trump signed an order, the \u201cGold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations,&#8221; pushing to spread childhood immunizations across separate medical appointments and eventually break up the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots. During the signing ceremony, Trump and\u00a0Health and Human Services Secretary <strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/gold-standard-science-rfk-jr-lauds-new-executive-order-on-childhood-vaccines\/\">revived<\/a> the unfounded claim of a link between vaccines and autism, arguing autism rates have risen as children have received \u201cprogressively more and more vaccines\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-signs-sweeping-order-to-overhaul-childhood-vaccines-vats-of-vaccine-are-currently-pumped-into-your-childs-body\/\">declaring<\/a> that \u201cvats of vaccine are currently pumped into your child\u2019s body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, Trump said Monday during the signing ceremony that the combined MMR vaccine could be \u201cquite lethal\u201d before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/no-trump-admits-doesnt-have-evidence-to-back-his-claim-vaccine-is-lethal\/\">conceding<\/a> to a reporter minutes later that he had no evidence to support the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy, a physician who attended LSU Medical School and later taught medical students and residents there, has a long history of working on public health initiatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cassidy.senate.gov\/about\/about-bill\/\">including<\/a> helping vaccinate 36,000 children in the Baton Rouge area against Hepatitis B \u2014 notably one of the vaccines that would no longer be universally recommended for children under Trump\u2019s executive order. His scathing X post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenBillCassidy\/status\/2086906268669624512?s=20\">read<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe.<\/p>\n<p>Parents should listen to their child\u2019s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/gop-senator-rips-trump-vaccine-order-the-president-does-not-have-the-expertise\/\">GOP Senator Rips Trump Vaccine Order: \u2018The President Does Not Have the Expertise\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left: (Aaron Schwartz\/Sipa USA via AP Images), Right: (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin) Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a physician, tore into President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order overhauling federal childhood vaccine recommendations on Monday, arguing the president \u201cdoes not have the expertise\u201d to make such sweeping changes. 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