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Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’
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What happenedCassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety". The center frames it as "Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s po...".
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Left / center-leftRepublican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety
The Guardian - US Politics · Left · News report
CenterCassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’
The Hill · Center · News report
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Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine order, ‘crazy, stupid’ claims: ‘This is why the president’s poll numbers are going down’
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump’s executive order that seeks to alter the childhood vaccine schedule is based on “crazy, stupid” claims, and that they are “why the...
Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety
Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking out Republican senator Bill Cassidy – a medical...
