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Cornered Trump-loyal lawmaker folds in on-air interview: 'Crazy, stupid thing'

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A Republican senator made a stunning admission Sunday morning when he found himself cornered during a live interview. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) collapsed under pressure from CNN anchor Jake Tapper and admitted his personal opinion about President Donald Trump. "That's a crazy, stupid thing," said Cassidy. "Yeah." Tapper was grilling Cassidy on Trump's executive order reducing the number of childhood vaccine recommendations from 18 to 11 and calling for the separation of vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella, rather than the combined MMR. Cassidy, a physician, has expressed great concern about the Make America Healthy Again movement and anti-vaccine rhetoric from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Those concerns did not stop Cassidy from confirming Kennedy's nomination to lead the Health department. Tapper commented Sunday that Cassidy has previously said someone needs to stand up to "crazy, stupid things" being said to undermine confidence in vaccines. "Is Trum