Dana Bash Confronts Dem Governor Over Praise for RFK Jr. with Wild Conspiracy Theories He’s Promoted: ‘I’m an Ashkenazi Jew and I Got Covid!’

CNN’s Dana Bash confronted Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) over his praise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with some of Kennedy’s more outlandish claims on Friday.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services despite Kennedy’s misconceptions about important health policy issues, including the safety and efficacy of vaccines.

“I think it’s important during the confirmation process to, of course, make sure that this is somebody who won’t make his personal utterings and sayings into official policy, but will pursue policies on behalf of the American people. So I try to remain optimistic where I can,” Polis said on CNN Friday.

“I think your optimism is definitely to be applauded,” Bash began before listing off some of Kennedy’s “most dangerous positions.”

The first was “falsely claiming that vaccines cause autism,” which Bash noted was “not true.”

“Rigorous peer-reviewed studies, including some that analyzed more than a million children, have shown there is no link between autism and vaccines,” she said before continuing:

He’s claimed there’s evidence the 1918 influenza pandemic was vaccine induced. That is not true.

He suggests HIV is not the cause of AIDS. That is not true.

He said Covid-19 was targeted to attack caucasians and Black people, and that Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people are most immune. That is also not true. I’m an Ashkenazi Jew and I got Covid.

I get that you believe, sir, that RFK Jr. does make important points on the negative impact of pesticides — terrible. Processed foods — horrible. Some of the ag policies in the United States — I totally get it. But can you just explain why that outweighs just some of what I listed about the misinformation that has real-life consequences if he would be in charge of HHS?

Polis agreed that Kennedy has espoused misinformation about vaccines that have, in reality, “saved millions of lives.”

“So, we have to find a way to, of course, rebut those things and say, ‘These are the facts,’ but also look for opportunities where we can,” Polis said. “And if there is an opportunity to reduce harmful pesticide use with negative consequences on the ecosystem and our health, if there’s a way to save people money on prescription drugs, if there’s a way to improve nutrition, reducing consumption of processed foods and increasing health, I think we’ve got to find a way to work with anybody in the incoming administration.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.