🚨Trump Nominee IMPLODES under CROSS-EXAM at Hearing

When questioned by Senator Bernie Sanders on whether healthcare is a human right, Casey Means avoided a direct 'yes' or 'no' answer, instead focusing on access to 'the best healthcare in the world,' despite acknowledging the current system's failures.

Senator Sanders asked, 'Is healthcare a human right? Should the United States join every other major country and say to everybody... you are entitled to healthcare as a human right? Yes. No. Maybe.' Means responded, 'My focus is on ensuring that Americans have access to the best health care in the entire world.'

Senator Murphy presented evidence that Casey Means routinely failed to disclose her financial connections to health supplements she promoted online, violating FTC policy. He cited specific examples where she claimed 'no financial relationship' or 'not sponsored' while receiving compensation.

Senator Murphy stated, 'Your filings before this committee show that you started receiving compensation... in the spring of 2024. And yet in September of 2024, you posted a video saying that you had no financial relationship to the company... In fact, prior to September and October, you had posted partnership links in which you get compensated based upon clickthroughs.' Means denied this, calling it 'false' and a 'false representation.'

Senator Murray challenged Means on her past statements calling birth control pills a 'disrespect of life' and claiming they have 'horrifying health risks,' which contradict established science and FDA approvals. Means attempted to clarify her comments as referring to specific women with risk factors and the need for informed consent.

Senator Murray quoted Means: 'You called birth control pills... a disrespect of life. And you said Americans quote use birth control pills like candy.' Means responded, 'I absolutely believe these medications should be accessible to all women and also all medications have risks and benefits... Some of the horrifying side effects of birth control that I have mentioned include blood clots and stroke risk in women who have clotting disorders who are smokers.'

Senator Collins questioned Means about her book, where she described being inspired to try illicit psychedelic mushrooms in 2021 by an 'internal voice that whispered, 'It's time to prepare.'' Means clarified that this was a private citizen's experience and, as Surgeon General, she would not recommend illicit drug use, linking the 'ominous' feeling to her mother's later cancer diagnosis.

Senator Collins quoted Means: 'You said that you were inspired to try psychedelics in what I can only describe as an internal voice that whispered, 'It's time to prepare.'' Means stated, 'I believe what I would say as a private citizen is... different than what I would say as a public health official... it would certainly not be a recommendation to the American people to do that under no circumstances.' She later explained the 'ominous' feeling was related to her mother's pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

When asked by Senator Cassidy if vaccines contribute to autism, Means avoided a direct denial, instead stating that 'science has never settled' and that all environmental factors ('exposome') should be investigated, despite acknowledging existing evidence against the link.

Senator Cassidy asked, 'Do you believe that vaccines, whether individually or collectively, contribute to autism?' Means replied, 'We do not know as a medical community what causes autism... I do accept that evidence [that they're not implicated]. I also think that science has never settled.'

Senator Kim questioned Means' eligibility to serve as Surgeon General given that her medical license is 'voluntarily placed on inactive status,' which contradicts the Commissioned Corps' mandatory requirement for up-to-date licensure. Means asserted her eligibility based on HHS testimony and her past medical training.

Senator Kim highlighted, 'keeping professional licensure and certification up to date is mandatory. Is yours up to date?' Means responded, 'I do have a medical license right now. It is voluntarily placed on inactive status because I'm not actively seeing patients at this time.'

Means repeatedly avoided directly encouraging mothers to vaccinate their children against measles or recommending the flu vaccine to Americans, instead emphasizing the need for 'informed consent' conversations with doctors for 'any medication.'

When asked if she would encourage mothers to vaccinate children with the MMR vaccine, Means said, 'I'm supportive of vaccination. I I do believe that each patient, mother, parent needs to have a conversation with their pediatrician about any medication they're putting in their body.' (35:29) Similarly for the flu vaccine, she stated, 'I do not want to not encourage patients to have a conversation with their doctor.'

Means, who previously posted that 'pesticides are a slow motion extinction event' and to 'never buy Roundup,' appeared to soften her stance when questioned by Senator Markey about the Trump administration's support for glyphosate, citing 'national security' and agricultural complexity.

Senator Markey asked if she thought 'President Trump's executive order promoting the production of glyphosate... will put American family's health at risk?' Means responded, 'These issues around agriculture and health are extremely complex... My understanding of the executive order is that this the thrust of this has to do with national security.' (21:20) She later stated, 'I think there's there's grave issues with these chemicals... We cannot overturn the entire agriculture system overnight.'