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Cassidy: "Vaccines are safe" and cautions about a reported Ukraine peace proposal
Summary
In the interview, Sen. Bill Cassidy affirmed that vaccines do not cause autism and urged vaccination; he also said reports that a 28-point Ukraine plan looks like a "Russian wish list" merit caution and that extreme concessions risk U.S. interests.
Sen. Bill Cassidy told the interviewer that vaccines are safe and urged parents to discuss vaccination with their physicians, saying repeated studies have not shown a causal link between vaccines and autism.
"Vaccines are safe. They they it's been shown over and over again they don't cause autism," Cassidy said, adding that unvaccinated children risk severe illness and hospitalization.
The interviewer asked about Cassidy's reported talks with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Cassidy said he had discussed vaccine safety with the secretary but that Kennedy "has his own position." The senator said he shares the same position on vaccine safety as President Trump, as stated in the interview.
Cassidy also commented on an intra-Senate dispute over a 28-point Ukraine peace proposal, saying he had not been part of the conversation but that colleagues had described parts of the proposal as resembling a Russian wish list. "It certainly does look like a Russian wish list," he said, and warned against making concessions he characterized as potentially disadvantaging the United States.
No new policy actions or votes on either vaccines or the Ukraine proposal were announced in the interview.
