Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deftly skewered U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) after he tried to accuse him of endangering Americans.
During a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Kennedy humiliated the Democrat during questioning about budget cuts to a “rabies office.”
“Secretary Kennedy, do you know what rabies is?” Warnock asked, going on to educate the HHS Secretary. “So, people contract rabies, as we know, through bites from infected animals, like skunks, foxes… like raccoons.”
Secretary Kennedy expects one person to staff a phone line 24/7. That’s simply not possible. pic.twitter.com/Cs4t1EfZ8s
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) April 22, 2026
“It’s very serious. It’s 100 percent fatal in humans if left untreated,” Warnock continued with this education lesson.
“Staff at the CDC rabies division in Atlanta, Georgia, have historically been able to field emergency calls 24/7 from providers about complex rabies cases using CDC expertise to determine appropriate care, Secretary Kennedy, since you and President Trump took office, do you know how many people are left to staff this 24/7 line?” Warnock asked.
He went on to answer himself, expressing outrage that only one person is left at the CDC rabies division in Atlanta, Georgia, fuming that “You’re gutting the very offices that keep American families safe from disturbing and deadly infectious diseases.”
Kennedy interrupted Warnock’s grandstanding with a truth bomb.
🔥 RFK Jr. just showed America that Sen. Warnock (D-GA) is an absolute DOPE 🤣
WARNOCK: You made cuts to the rabies office!
RFK JR: “There’s 1-3 rabies cases PER YEAR in the US! I think ONE PERSON manning that office can handle that traffic!” 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/hPxbRgEBIs
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 22, 2026
“Senator, there’s one to three rabies cases a year in the United States. I think one person manning that office full-time can handle that traffic,” RFK Jr. said.
Warnock attempted to make his point anyway but Kennedy’s facts were hard to dispute, with social media users applauding the deserved takedown.
Warnock really tried to make a national crisis out of 1 to 3 rabies cases a year and got hit with reality in real time
this is what D C does all day
turns tiny numbers into fake outrage and treats useless bureaucracy like it is sacredmaybe the bigger problem is not the cut…
— Mohi (@mduddinmohi11) April 23, 2026
Why does it need to be staffed 24/7? Who uses the phone anymore? I much prefer to email or fill out an online form.
— Ryan C (@longlivthempire) April 22, 2026
There’s an office for rabies in HHS? What for?
— Justin Beller (@JKBeller) April 23, 2026
Burned so bad he might have to pull the fire alarm😂
— Doctor Hogwash (@DoctorHogwash) April 23, 2026
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