Conservative radio host Erick Erickson has turned his ire on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., blasting him over vaccine shortages that have left his cancer-stricken wife without critical access to a COVID-19 shot.
Erickson, who first rose to prominence as the editor-in-chief of the conservative blog RedState and later served as a political contributor for CNN and Fox News, shared a New York Times article lamenting the reduced supply of COVID shots at CVS and Walgreens, then revealed that his wife, who is battling Stage 4 lung cancer, was unable to access the vaccine.
Erickson is a frequent critic of President Trump despite labeling himself a principled conservative.
“My wife has Stage 4 lung cancer. She is one of the people the COVID vaccine actually helps. Thanks to the current mess at HHS, CVS is unable to get her the vaccine,” he wrote.
My wife has Stage 4 lung cancer. She is one of the people the COVID vaccine actually helps. Thanks to the current mess at HHS, CVS is unable to get her the vaccine. https://t.co/ZqCZwxwa57
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 29, 2025
The talk host admitted his wife is “caught in the crosshairs of the CDC mess,” but then turned his ire on conservatives, saying, “The left says, ‘you voted for this,’ but they built the foundation for RFK’s rise” during his livestream.
But Erickson didn’t stop there. He called Kennedy a “kook” and a “conspiracy theorist who is destroying our public health service in America.”
Erick Erickson:
“I’m just going to say this succinctly for all you kids at home. I feel very firmly—as much as I dislike Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and think he’s a cuck and a conspiracy theorist who is destroying our public health service in America—he would not be in charge of our public health service in America had the people who told us to shut down our schools and shut down our country for multiple weeks and months on end to stop the spread of COVID been able to tell gay men to stop having sex for two weeks to stop monkeypox.You wanted to shut the entire country down to stop COVID, but you couldn’t even tell gay men, “Just don’t have orgies for two weeks.” Couldn’t do it—because you put politics ahead of the science. You put progressivism ahead of the science. So you discredited yourselves, you discredited your institution, and people stopped believing the experts. Because it became clear the experts really didn’t care. They just wanted to control certain groups.
And so people decided to burn it all down. And that’s what we are watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr. do. Many of us have family who are caught in the crosshairs, but we wouldn’t have gotten here—but for the arrogance of the public health administrations, guided by progressive ideology more than science.”
WATCH:
The arrogance of the Biden administration’s health department is the reason that Robert F Kennedy Jr. is now in charge of it. pic.twitter.com/jyL64XdG5D
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 29, 2025
After facing pushback, Erickson doubled down in his attacks on Secretary RFK Jr.
“Just for all of the people chiming in ignorantly, the vaccine does not prevent Covid for my wife, but it greatly minimize the impact of the virus. It’s the difference between symptoms amounting to a runny nose and being bedridden for a prolonged period of time.”
Just for all of the people chiming in ignorantly, the vaccine does not prevent Covid for my wife, but it greatly minimize the impact of the virus. It’s the difference between symptoms amounting to a runny nose and being bedridden for a prolonged period of time. https://t.co/GbsMfmHXth
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) August 29, 2025
Erickson’s outrage comes after the Food and Drug Administration officially rescinded the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for the COVID-19 vaccines.
These authorizations were used to justify medical mandates, lockdowns, and mass coercion under Joe Biden’s failed regime.
The announcement was made Wednesday as the FDA simultaneously approved updated Covid boosters while ending the blanket “emergency” status that Big Pharma and government bureaucrats clung to for years.
The FDA has now granted standard marketing authorization, not emergency approval, for limited populations: Moderna (ages 6+ months), Pfizer (ages 5+), and Novavax (ages 12+). Americans may still access the vaccines if they wish, but only after consultation with their doctors.
The Gateway Pundit has consistently reported on the side effects and studies exposing the dangers of this experimental shot.
An international team of scientists has raised alarming concerns about a key ingredient in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, suggesting it may inadvertently suppress the body’s immune defenses and create conditions favorable for cancer development and spread.
The component in question, N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ), was added to vaccines like Pfizer-BioNTech’s to boost their effectiveness, but new analysis indicates it could be doing more harm than good.
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Our prayers area with Erick’s wife at this time.
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