| | The Democrat Milkovich is a frequent supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. In December 2018, he self-published ''Robert Mueller: Errand Boy for a New World Order,'' a critical account of special counsel [[Robert Mueller]], who soon enters his third year in the investigation of Trump for "Russian collusion" in the 2016 presidential election. According to the website promoting Milkovich's book, | | The Democrat Milkovich is a frequent supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. In December 2018, he self-published ''Robert Mueller: Errand Boy for a New World Order,'' a critical account of special counsel [[Robert Mueller]], who soon enters his third year in the investigation of Trump for "Russian collusion" in the 2016 presidential election. According to the website promoting Milkovich's book, |
| − | the work "is really based on the ground breaking research of federal agents, whistleblowers, many people who were in government service — or still are; police officers, veterans, families of [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]] victims, and some international writers as well."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/arklatex-indepth/louisiana-state-senator-authors-book-on-mueller-investigation/article_1267f750-2fec-11e9-b2d2-4744f965e5ca.html|title=Louisiana state senator authors book on Mueller investigation|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=February 13, 2019|author=Jeff Beimfohr|accessdate=February 16, 2019}}</ref> | + | the work "is really based on the ground breaking research of federal agents, whistleblowers, many people who were in government service — or still are; police officers, veterans, families of [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]] victims, and some international writers as well."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/arklatex-indepth/louisiana-state-senator-authors-book-on-mueller-investigation/article_1267f750-2fec-11e9-b2d2-4744f965e5ca.html|title=Louisiana state senator authors book on Mueller investigation|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=February 13, 2019|author=Jeff Beimfohr|accessdate=February 16, 2019}}</re |
| | + | On April 29, 2019, in a speech on the state Senate floor, the strongly pro-life Milkovich flatly declared that [[vaccination]]s are linked to [[autism]]. In a speech on the Senate floor, Milkovich recalled that “autism did not exist” when he was growing up in Montana: "Did you know tissue from aborted babies is now used in vaccines. Did you know that vaccines use [[aluminum]], which is shown to be a neurotoxin? Did you know vaccines in America [are] preserved often with [[mercury]], which is beyond neurotoxic?”<ref name=autism>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_0c13f5ea-6ad7-11e9-876a-b3|title=Louisiana senator links vaccines, autism on Senate floor; officials say 'myth' causes measles resurgence|author=Sam Karlin|date=April 29, 2019|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 30, 2019}}</ref> Dr. Joe Kanter, the assistant state health officer, disputed Milkovich's claim as "a myth." Kanter said that the issue of autism and vaccination has been “incredibly well studied”, and no correlation has been found.<ref name=autism/> |