“Careless”
Stevens’s impeachment articles were directly endorsed by Stand Up for Science, a grassroots political organization advocating for the nation’s scientific community.
The group’s founder and CEO Colette DeLaValla was quoted in Stevens’ press announcement, saying Kennedy’s actions “are reckless and will result in harm and loss of life. He should be impeached and removed.”
In the 13-page impeachment articles filed, Stevens accused Kennedy of high crimes and misdemeanors, citing a long list of actions taken by Kennedy that have been widely condemned as harmful by public health, scientific and medical experts. These include eliminating funding for research including cancer, addiction, and mRNA vaccine technology; Making the work of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services less transparent by eliminating the public comment period for certain actions; Making false and misleading health statements, particularly regarding vaccines; Dismissing the entire panel of vaccine advisors for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Appointing many of his fellow anti-vaccine activists to roles for which they are unqualified to undermine public health from within the Department of Health; and making unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations.
“On his watch, families are less safe and less healthy, people are paying more for care, life-saving research has been destroyed and vaccines have been banned,” Stevens said. “His actions are reckless, his leadership is harmful, and his tenure poses a direct threat to the health and safety of our country.”
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