Robert F Kennedy jr #crackpot #dunning-kruger #pratt #wingnut cnn.com
At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren mentioned Trump’s claims about “600%” reductions in drug prices. Kennedy responded, “President Trump has a different way of calculating. If – there’s two ways of calculating percentage. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that’s a 600% reduction.”
Kennedy’s remark drew considerable mockery on social media. But he made a similar comment at a White House event with Trump on Thursday – and deployed additional incorrect numbers while trying to support his case.
Kennedy, apparently alluding to his exchange with Warren, said he had on Wednesday told a Democratic senator who challenged Trump’s claims of a 600% reduction in drug prices: “Well, if the drug was $100, and it raised the price to $600, that would be a 600% rise. Well, if it drops from $600 to $100, that’s a 600% savings.”
“That’s right,” Trump interjected as Kennedy was explaining. But it’s not.