Mike Pence has revived old clips of his former boss trashing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hours before the health secretary nominee faced senators for his confirmation hearing. “President Trump was right the first time,

“RFK Jr is a Democrat plant, a radical left liberal,” one clip from May showed Trump saying. “He makes the ‘Green New Scammers’ look very conservative by comparison, and he’s anti-military and he’s anti-vet.… I’d even take Biden over Junior.”

Right-wingers are tearing into former Vice President Mike Pence for opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Secretary of Health and Human Services nomination. RFK has faced intense scrutiny, including from some Republicans, over his controversial health-related comments.