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Cassidy on Trump's vaccine order, 'crazy, stupid' claims: 'This is why the president's poll numbers are going down'

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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump's executive order that seeks to alter the childhood vaccine schedule is based on "crazy, stupid" claims, and that they are "why the president's poll numbers are going down.

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  7. Trump signs executive order splitting MMR vaccine into 3 shots

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    Cassidy on Trump's vaccine order, 'crazy, stupid' claims: 'This is why the president's poll numbers are going down'

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  1. Just the News

    Cassidy blasts Trump over vaccine order, claims president has no 'expertise to make these changes' (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The comment referred to the president's executive order, which recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research.

  2. Just the News

    Trump signs executive order recommending MMR childhood vaccines separated into different shots (opens Just the News)

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    The order recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research. He did not specify how far apart the visits were required to be.

  3. Just the News

    You Vote: What do you think about President Trump's executive order related to childhood vaccines? (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The order recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research. He did not specify how far apart the visits should be.

  4. Just the News

    Watch Live: Trump signs executive order on vaccines (opens Just the News)

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    The order recommends separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots administered across different visits, and direct the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research.

  5. NBC Chicago

    Trump signs executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

  6. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington.

  7. NBC New York

    Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidance (opens NBC New York)

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    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

  8. NBC Chicago

  9. BizPac Review

    Exclusive: Trump to sign executive order calling for more vaccine flexibility and research (opens BizPac Review)

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    President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday aimed at increasing confidence in the childhood vaccination schedule through greater flexibility for families, according to a fact […]

  10. KEZI Eugene

    Trump signs executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines (opens KEZI Eugene)

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, according to a draft of the document obtained by CNN.

  11. KVIA El Paso

    Trump set to sign executive order targeting childhood vaccines (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Monday focused on childhood vaccines, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.The order is expected to mark the administration’s latest effort to upend the nation’s vaccine policies after an initiat…

  12. KTVZ Bend

    Trump set to sign executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, according to a draft of the document obtained by CNN.

  13. Axios

    Trump executive order would split up MMR vaccine (opens Axios)

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    The Trump administration is working on an executive order that calls for fewer childhood vaccinations, splitting the childhood MMR vaccine into three shots and delivering vaccines at separate medical visits, according to language obtained by Axios.

  14. NBC News

    Trump signs executive order on vaccines (opens NBC News)

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    Watch live coverage as President Trump signs an executive order on vaccine research.

  15. CBS News

    Trump to sign executive order to reevaluate childhood vaccines (opens CBS News)

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    President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on childhood vaccine schedules Monday.

  16. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Trump order reduces vaccine schedule, seeks to split MMR shot (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for fewer childhood vaccinations by limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunizations, which he said would give children "gold-standard" protection and align the country with peer nations that recommend fewer…

  17. Anchorage Daily News

    Trump administration order would upend nation’s childhood vaccine schedule (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The president has pushed to narrow which vaccines are administered to children and split shots up into multiple appointments.

  18. The Daily Wire

    Trump Orders Major Overhaul Of Childhood Vaccine Recommendations (opens The Daily Wire)

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    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the federal government to overhaul childhood vaccine recommendations, delivering a major policy victory to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement.

  19. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots among other changes to vaccine recommendations (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots among other changes to vaccine recommendations

  20. Washington Examiner

    Trump to sign order shrinking childhood vaccination schedule (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump is slated to sign an executive order cutting the number of vaccines children in the United States are recommended to receive from 18 to 11. A fact sheet obtained by the Washington Examiner says that the executive order will “maximize parental choices over vaccinations for thei…

  21. Washington Examiner

    WATCH LIVE: Trump signs order changing schedule for children’s vaccinations (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump is signing an executive order at the White House in which he is expected to cut the number of vaccines officials recommend that children in the United States receive from 18 to 11. The president is signing the order around 2:45 p.m. in Washington, D.C.

  22. Scientific American

    Trump issues executive order aimed at rewriting childhood vaccine schedule (opens Scientific American)

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    The president called for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) combined vaccine to be split into separate shots, despite decades of research showing the MMR is safe and effective

  23. We Are Green Bay

    Trump to sign executive order changing schedule for childhood vaccine shots (opens We Are Green Bay)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according to a White House fact sheet.

  24. The Guardian

    Trump signs order attempting to override CDC vaccine schedule and break up MMR shots (opens The Guardian)

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    Order recommends all measles, mumps and rubella shots be given at separate visits though cost of doing them together is lower Donald Trump has signed an executive order with plans for sweeping changes to the childhood vaccination schedule that attempts to override the authority of the US Centers for…

  25. 12News Phoenix

    President Trump to sign executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    12News Phoenix's feed description

    The news comes as school years are starting around the country and the nation contends with a measles outbreak.

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