Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have an uncomfortable Senate hearing to look forward to if Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed wins his race in Michigan.
During an August 5 interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, the physician and Democratic Senate nominee made it clear that Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, was the administration official he most wanted to question.
“I can’t wait to sit across RFK Jr. and actually grill him,” El-Sayed declared.
“Dude uses big words he does not understand. And I happen to go to medical school, so I kind of understand them.”
El-Sayed, who holds degrees in medicine and public health, accused Kennedy of misleading Americans on health issues and said he looked forward to holding him accountable.
When Collins asked whether Kennedy was the official he most wanted to see testify, El-Sayed doubled down.
“I’m a guy with a doctorate in medicine and in public health,” he said.
“He’s a guy who takes his kids swimming in Schitt’s Creek.”
The remark was a pointed reference to Kennedy’s controversial public swimming outing in a Washington-area waterway.
El-Sayed’s challenge came immediately after his victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, setting up a general-election contest against Republican Mike Rogers.
The Democrat made clear that winning the seat was about more than defeating a Republican opponent. He wanted Democrats to regain control of the Senate and use congressional oversight to challenge Trump’s administration.
For Kennedy, that could mean facing questions from a senator with medical training who has already made his skepticism unmistakably clear.
Whether the confrontation ever happens will depend on the November election. But El-Sayed has already made one thing clear: He wants RFK Jr. answering questions, not delivering another lecture.
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