Colorado’s senior senator, Michael Bennet, did what Michael Bennet does best: lose his temper. At a September 4th Senate Finance Committee hearing, Bennet tangled with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine panel appointments, federal health agency chaos, and whether parents should brace for outbreaks. Instead of measured oversight, the exchange devolved into Bennet and Kennedy screaming at each other across the table. The Associated Press captured the spectacle: Bennet rolling into high dudgeon, Kennedy firing back, and nothing of substance accomplished.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Bennet’s line of questioning focused on RFK Jr.’s decision to stack a CDC vaccine panel with skeptics.
- He accused Kennedy of risking outbreaks of measles and mumps in Colorado schools.
- Kennedy responded by accusing Bennet of “evading the question” about vaccine safety and myocarditis.
- The two ended up yelling over each other, turning a Senate hearing into an unwatchable podcast brawl.
- Bennet’s big closer? “Americans deserve so much better than your leadership.” Which, coming from him, is ironic.
My Bottom Line
Michael Bennet has been in the Senate for 16 years, and his legacy is… being angry. That’s it. No landmark bills. No bold ideas. Just table-pounding, suit-jacket-flinging, vein-bulging rage theater. I’ve seen the act in person: he marches up, tosses his jacket aside, rolls up his sleeves like he’s auditioning for a union rally, and then proceeds to yell. He’s Colorado’s political version of a YouTube rage quitter.
And here we see the act again. No real solutions. No policy innovation. Just anger. He doesn’t even hide it. If this is what passes for leadership, we’re in trouble. Is this really the temperament Coloradans want in a governor someday? Because it sure looks like Bennet’s trying to audition for the role. Angry for 16 years in the Senate. Angry at RFK Jr. Angry at Trump. Angry at the air he breathes. Maybe Bennet needs fewer rolled-up sleeves and more rolled-out ideas.
