How RFK Jr saved Oregon's kids from mandatory vaccines

This little-known tale from 2015 reveals much about RFK Jr's character and his odds of future success in the Trump administration

PORTLAND, Oregon—Nine and a half years ago—February 17, 2015 to be exact—my wife and I sat transfixed in front of our T.V., watching a story on CBS Evening News where Oregon State Senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward, a Democrat and a doctor, announced for the first time she would be sponsoring a bill to make vaccinations mandatory for Oregon’s school children, removing any philosophical or religious exemptions. We didn't know at the time that Senator Steiner-Hayward’s bill, known as SB 442, was actually part of a well-organized plot by Big Pharma to eliminate vaccine choice in every state in the nation, using the Disneyland measles outbreak as the reason, and Democrats as their weapon of choice.

Oregon was an easy first target. The state had a Democrat Governor, and Democrats also controlled the Senate and the House. On CBS, Senator Steiner-Hayward spoke with the confidence of someone who already had the votes, despite the fact that she was in the early stages of introducing her bill. O…