U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) believes several Democratic lawmakers in the House are wasting time by trying to subpoena President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services.

During an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday, Palmer, who chairs the committee, blocked an attempt by Democrats in the committee to subpoena U.S. HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his stance on vaccines.

Palmer said on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program” Wednesday that Democrats just want to try and “embarrass” RFK because they hate Trump.

“I mean, if you watch any of these hearings, it’s just a constant barrage against the Trump administration,” Palmer said,  “against when we talk about health care. It’s it’s almost like they think we’re the ones who pass the Obamacare, that we’re the ones who pass the enhanced subsidies.”

The congressman believes Democrats are being dishonest about their intentions.

“They’re really trying to misrepresent the whole debate, confuse the American people, and they’re attacking RFK over vaccines,” he said. “And it’s interesting to me how hard the Democrats pushed vaccination for COVID, when most people knew that there was no vaccination and a vaccine is to prevent you from contracting a disease, not to mitigate the effects of having an ailment. So it’s just one lie after another.”

Palmer also accused Democrats about lying over the debate surrounding the extension of Obamacare subsides.

“We didn’t create the problem,” he explained. “We didn’t set the deadline for the for the enhanced subsidies to end that’s all Democrats, and it has, it won’t do anything to help the other 93 94% who have health insurance outside of Obamacare.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee