Steve Bannon’s WarRoom on Thursday lit up the airwaves, diving headfirst into the heated Senate Finance Committee hearing featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary.
With Trump steering the "Make America Healthy Again” mission, Bannon kicked off with a punchy cold open, calling out corporate media for acting as Big Pharma’s mouthpiece. Clips from CNN, MSNBC, and others gushed about COVID-19 vaccines—Pfizer at 95% effective, Moderna at 94.5%—pushing a "safe and effective” mantra while brushing off skeptics as conspiracy nuts. Bannon argued this one-sided narrative ignores real concerns, noting no other country debates vaccines like America does under Trump’s leadership.
BANNON: You’re watching it play out in real time. The oligarchs of Big Pharma, Big Medical, and Big Insurance are coming after RFK JR. and the entire MAHA movement, yet he isn't flinching. And neither will we. pic.twitter.com/7QxveYMTq9
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) September 4, 2025
The show cut live to the hearing, where RFK Jr. faced a Democratic onslaught. Bannon described it as a "star chamber,” with senators like Ron Wyden slamming RFK Jr.’s 203 days in office as chaotic and corrupt. They accused him of stacking the CDC with vaccine skeptics, firing respected scientists, and threatening doctors over new anti-vaccine guidelines. Wyden even brought up RFK Jr.’s Epstein connections and alleged midnight deportations of migrant kids, painting him as a danger to public health.
A staff report claimed his policies fuel mistrust, hike costs, and put children at risk.RFK Jr. didn’t back down. He laid out Trump’s vision: shift from a "sick care” system to one tackling chronic diseases, which now plague 76.4% of Americans—up from 11% in JFK’s day. He touted HHS wins, like banning harmful food dyes, cracking down on "gas station heroin,” and saving $14 billion by fixing Medicaid enrollment errors. He defended firing CDC officials for COVID-era failures—America had 20% of global deaths despite 4.2% of the population—and called for "politics-free science.” Bannon cheered this as a bold stand against a corrupt system, highlighting Trump’s $50 billion rural hospital boost in the "One Big Beautiful Bill” and efforts to curb human trafficking.
Bannon framed the clash as a battle between truth and the oligarchs of Big Pharma. Democrats, he argued, are scared of Trump and RFK Jr. exposing their failures, like 476,000 missing migrant kids under Biden. RFK Jr. pushed back against critics, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, pointing out their pharmaceutical funding. Bannon warned that states like Florida are already rebelling against CDC overreach, with pediatric beds strained since 2008 and potential measles outbreaks looming.
The episode wrapped with a call to action: Americans must demand accountability. Under Trump, RFK Jr.’s fight is a chance to break Big Pharma’s stranglehold and prioritize kids’ health. Bannon’s WarRoom painted this as a defining moment—science versus ideology, with America’s future hanging in the balance.
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