Vice President JD Vance spoke openly about his most “MAHA” beliefs while speaking with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Make America Healthy Again Summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.

Praising the “MAHA crowd” for asking “the right questions” about the foods we eat and the medications we take, the former senator told the audience that he thinks ibuprofen is a “useless drug.”

“I’m like one of those crazy people, the only way I’m more instinctively MAHA is if I have, you know, a sprained back, or I slept weird and woke up with back pain, I don’t want to take ibuprofen,” Vance shared.

“I don’t like taking medication. I don’t like taking anything unless it’s absolutely necessary. And I think that’s another MAHA-style attitude,” he added. “It’s not an anti-drug, it’s a useless anti-drug.”

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Vice President JD Vance (R) spoke about his more “MAHA” attitude during Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s (L) Make America Healthy Again Summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.

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Ibuprofen, sold under the brand names Advil, Motrin, and more, is an over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that works by blocking an enzyme that produces hormones that cause inflammation, pain, and fever.

Vance’s crisp statement comes on the heels of a controversial and medically questionable White House announcement about the risks associated with acetaminophen, another of the most widely used over-the-counter remedies for aches and pains.

In late September, RFK Jr. and President Donald Trump held a press conference to warn people that using Tylenol, one of the country’s most popular brands of acetaminophen, during pregnancy was leading to higher incidences of autism in children.

Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, has long linked vaccines to autism and, in October, made the disconcerting claim that circumcised boys are twice as likely to be autistic compared to their peers.

Those links have been largely debunked by scientists, who say genetic abnormalities and environmental factors have the biggest impact on whether a child has autism.

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