Greene and Garcia clash over RFK Jr. and vaccines, measles outbreak

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., clashed Wednesday implicit the actions of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with the Republican telling the Democrat, "You dependable ignorant." 

The fiery speech unfolded during a House Oversight Committee proceeding connected restoring spot successful the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), wherever Garcia declared RFK Jr. "has been and volition ever beryllium a tinfoil chapeau conspiracy theorist." 

"Our existent HHS caput is an anti-vax conspiracy theorist. And that is simply a fact. He caused a measles outbreak successful different state that caused the death, absolutely," Garcia started saying earlier Greene interrupted him and said ,"No, helium did not. That’s a lie."

"RFK did not origin a measles outbreak. You dependable ignorant," Greene continued arsenic the 2 began talking implicit each other. 

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks connected during a property league astir Utah's caller fluoride ban, nutrient additives and SNAP funds legislation, connected Monday, April 7, successful Salt Lake City.  (AP/Melissa Majchrzak)

"Miss Greene, you are an anti-vax conspiracy theorist yourself," Garcia told her. "You are the No. 1 anti-vax conspiracy theorist successful this full Congress." 

"No, I americium for choice. I americium for parents and radical choosing," she said, earlier claiming, "Vaccines termination people."

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President Donald Trump speaks arsenic Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., acold right, look connected aft Kennedy was sworn successful arsenic Secretary of Health and Human Services successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected Feb. 13, 2025.  (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

RFK Jr. precocious visited Texas to promote radical to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine amid rising measles cases. 

Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz claimed successful January up of RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearing, "In 2019, [RFK Jr.] flew to Samoa to discourage radical from taking the measles vaccine, deepening hesitancy that was already building.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., speaks successful beforehand of poster of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee proceeding astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 26 successful Washington, D.C.  (Getty Images)

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"And it worked," the Democrat added. "Vaccination rates for eligible 1-year-olds fell to little than 33%. And conscionable 5 months later, Samoa recovered itself successful the mediate of a measles outbreak. Over 5,000 radical got the measles. Eighty-three radical died." 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.