CNN’s Kaitlan Collins got more than she bargained for during a Thursday interview with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and by the end of it, she looked like she regretted ever inviting him on.
The moment things took a sharp turn was when RFK Jr. accused the mainstream media—yes, that includes CNN—of being directly complicit in pushing disinformation during the COVID pandemic. Collins tried to push back, but Kennedy wasn’t having it.
“You know, one of the big mistakes that you and many of your media colleagues made during COVID is to try to convince the American people that they should trust the experts,” he said. “What we should do is trust the science.”
Collins insisted that Americans were told to trust “science and what studies were finding.” Kennedy quickly corrected her: “No, it was trust the experts.”
RFK JR: "[People] should also be skeptical about any medical advice, they need to do their own research." pic.twitter.com/6Q1g6DK4aS
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 23, 2025
And he’s right. Who can forget Fauci’s flip-flopping on masks, the media blackout on natural immunity, the absurd suppression of the lab leak theory, or the total denial of any potential side effects from the vaccine—until, of course, myocarditis in young men became impossible to ignore? But by then, the “trust the experts” mantra had already done its damage.
MEDICAL COVER-UP EXPOSED@DrDrew : “We were lied to. The NIH and FDA knew about myocarditis risks in young men—and they suppressed it. 1,400% spike in meds for kids, and they’re sicker than ever. Pills won’t save us. Families, faith, and truth-telling might.” pic.twitter.com/XtQWRXpKSd
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) May 23, 2025
Kennedy then went full throttle, telling Americans they need to stop blindly following authority figures. “Be skeptical of authority. My father told me that when I was a young kid. People in authority lie. And we’ve seen a lot of that in our country,” he said. “People in the media lie. And people need to make their own judgments and be skeptical.”
Collins, clearly rattled, shut him down with a terse, “Disagree on that last part,” and abruptly ended the interview. No rebuttal. No facts. Just a wounded ego and a quick cut to commercial.
Meanwhile, on the same day, the Department of Health and Human Services released its “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) report. Yes, that’s a Trump initiative, and yes, it’s aiming to undo the damage caused by over-medicalization, poor nutrition, and toxic environmental exposure—problems RFK Jr. has been warning about for years.
During a roundtable with President Trump and top health officials, Kennedy praised the former president for finally doing what others wouldn’t: putting the health of the American people above political agendas. “My uncle tried to do this, but he was killed and it never got done. Ever since then we’ve been waiting for a president who would stand up and speak on behalf of the health of the American people,” he said.
.@SecKennedy: “My Uncle tried to do this but he was killed and it never got done; and ever since then we’ve been waiting for a President who would stand up and speak on behalf of the health of the American people.” pic.twitter.com/kR7abbLHmX
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 22, 2025
Translation: We’ve waited 60 years for a leader who puts science before bureaucrats and health before politics—and apparently, it sure as heck isn’t CNN leading that charge.
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