Romney: 'Nuts' to invite doctor who questioned coronavirus vaccine to Senate hearing

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Tuesday slammed the decision to invite a controversial doctor who has questioned vaccines and advocated for hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 before a Senate panel.

"I think it's nuts to bring that into the Senate," Romney said.

Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, was invited by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and its Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to testify about early outpatient treatments for the coronavirus.


Johnson defended the invitation in a statement to The Hill on Monday.

“As Dr. [Peter] McCullough pointed out in our first hearing, there are four pillars in fighting a pandemic. Early treatment and vaccines are two of them," Johnson said. "I continue to support development of a safe and effective vaccine. Had others been as supportive of early treatments, thousands of lives could have been saved. Our hearing tomorrow will again focus on early treatments as an essential part of a COVID-19 solution.”

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