TELL CONGRESS: RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies and conspiracy fueled directives are throwing the nation’s public health into crisis. Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on him to resign. All of Congress must join this call to save lives. Sign the petition: Demand that RFK Jr. resigns NOW!

Robert Kennedy Jr. is throwing the nation’s public health into crisis with his anti-vaccine policies.

Trump’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Director is ignoring scientific consensus, endangering the lives of children, and making his outlandish conspiracy theories into public policy. RFK Jr. fired the CDC Director after she reportedly refused to act as a rubber-stamp for his dangerous health policies.1 Then, he installed an acting CDC Director with no medical or scientific background who advocated for unproven COVID treatments.2

In a scathing New York Times op-ed, Senator Bernie Sanders demanded that RFK Jr. resign because of his “crusade against vaccines” and anti-science policies. 3 Over 1,000 current and former HHS workers also spoke out and sent a letter to Congress calling for RFK Jr.’s resignation.4 There is only one way forward to save America from a public health emergency and countless unnecessary deaths: RFK Jr. must step down.

Sign the petition: Urge Congress to call on RFK Jr. to resign!

“The reality is that Secretary Kennedy has profited from and built a career on sowing mistrust in vaccines,” Sen. Sanders wrote in the Times. “Now, as head of H.H.S., he is using his authority to launch a full-blown war on science, on public health and on truth itself.”5

The Surgeon General in Florida under Governor Ron DeSantis just said the state will end all vaccine mandates.6 RFK Jr. and Trump’s far-right, anti-science ideology and disinformation campaigns will lead to fewer children being vaccinated, and so expose all children to serious risks.

The American health emergency is coming if nothing changes at HHS. Our leaders in the House and Senate must immediately join Senator Sanders and call on RFK Jr. to resign.

Sign the petition: Tell RFK Jr. to resign now!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. Common Dreams, "'No More Conspiracy Theories. Kennedy Must Resign,' Says Sanders Amid CDC Fallout,” August 30, 2025.
  2. Axios, "More than 1,000 HHS workers demand RFK Jr.'s resignation in new letter,” September 3, 2024.
  3. The New York Times, "Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign,” August 30, 2024.
  4. The Guardian, "More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies,” September 3, 2024.
  5. The New York Times, "Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign,” August 30, 2024.
  6. ABC News, "Florida surgeon general says state is moving to 'end all vaccine mandates',” September 3, 2025.

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