This intense exchange with Trump’s surgeon general pick is going viral. Why?

Another U.S. surgeon general nominee is making waves with her vaccine comments.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's latest pick for the nation's top doctor role, had some intense moments during her confirmation hearing on Sept. 16 when faced with questions about the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Things got particularly intense when committee chair Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, asked her a line of questions about whether the vaccine causes autism.

"Humbly, I don't know what causes autism, but I have not seen repeatable evidence that would suggest that vaccines cause autism," said Saphier, a breast radiologist who has served as a Fox News contributor since 2018.

"Can you tell (a) parent − I assume you've reviewed the literature − that there is no credible evidence that vaccines cause autism?" Cassidy pressed.

"Certainly, I have not seen any evidence presented to me that is−" Saphier began before Cassidy interjected.

"There's a little bit of wiggle room there, and I'm so sensitive to this because I've had wiggle room from people sitting there … who later used that wiggle room to do things which are quite contrary," he said. "Is the MMR vaccine extremely lethal…

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