RFK Jr. Reminds Bernie Sanders That Big Pharma has Given Million to Almost All Panel Members, Including Sanders
I didn’t catch the question, but Robert Kennedy Jr. reminded Sen. Bernie Sanders that he and other members of the panel had gotten millions from Big Pharma.
Sanders tried to deny it:
RFK JR: By the way. Bernie. The problem of corruption is not just in the federal agencies, it’s in Congress, too. Almost all the members of this panel are accepting, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry….SANDERS: No, no, no…Nooooo…RFK JR: ….to protect their interests.SANDERS: I ran for president like you. I got millions. I know, millions of contributions. They did not come from the executives. Not one nickel of PAC money from the pharmaceutical engineer. They came from workers all over this country. Not a nickel from corporate….RFK JR: In 2020, you were the single largest…SANDERS: Because I had contributions from works all over this country.RFK JR: $1.5 million
OK, so let’s investigate.
According to Open Secrets, between 2015-2020, Sanders did lead the bunch getting donations from pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Overall, Sanders received over a million from pharmaceuticals/health products from 1990-2024.
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