U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks grilled RFK Jr. on his history of questioning vaccines and pushing other controversial ideas.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was called out by Sen. Angela Alsobrooks during the second day of his Senate confirmation hearing this week over 'dangerous' past claims he made about race and vaccine schedules

“The comment that [Kennedy] made about the vaccine schedule, it’s basically scientific racism, which has been debunked,” Dr. Oni Blackstock, a primary care and HIV physician who is the founder and executive director of Health Justice, a racial and health equity consulting company, told HuffPost.

Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks didn't hold back on questioning Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his claims that Black Americans have a better immune system than white people.

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) on Thursday grilled Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s history of claiming Black Americans have a better immune system than white people.

The Maryland Democrat called out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s false claim that Black people have "better" immune systems than white people.

I will be voting against your nomination because your views are dangerous to our state and to our country,” the Maryland Democrat said before yielding her time.

Rachel Maddow shares a moment from Day 2 of Robert Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing in which Senator Angela Alsobrooks asked him about his idea that Black people should get a different vaccine regimen than white people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent two days this week insisting to senators that he’s not anti-vaccine. He said that he instead supports vaccinations and will follow the science in overseeing the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, which, among other duties, oversees vaccine research, approval and recommendations.

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

Hassan sits on both the Senate health and finance committees, two GOP-steered bodies that must vote to send Kennedy’s nomination to the full Senate floor for confirmation. Kennedy met with the New Hampshire senator earlier this month in an effort to court her vote, per Politico.

On Thursday, during confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) confronted RFK Jr.