Source: Washington Monthly
by Bill Scher
“I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were so wedded to the free market that they believed the federal government shouldn’t criticize industries, let alone individual companies, for unsafe products and practices. When Democrats made arguments for environmental or health regulations based on rigorous science, Republicans went to enormous lengths to challenge the science and resist government action. But now we’re living in the upside-down. Republicans apparently believe that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should use the power of their offices to kneecap individual companies based on science that’s half-baked at best. Republicans have filed for divorce with the free market, in favor of a threesome with authoritarianism and quackery.” [editor’s note: It’s always weird to see a Democrat criticizing Republicans for acting like Democrats instead of like the fake past version of Republicans in said Democrat’s imagination – TLK] (09/23/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/23/trump-kennedy-tylenol-autism/