There is stepping into a lion’s den, and then there is the much more dangerous option: stepping into a congressional hearing before a pride of attention-seeking senators looking to rip a fellow human apart for a multitude of self-serving reasons.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose the much more dangerous option this week, and has the rhetorical scars to prove it.

Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, and it went as expected for anyone with even a day of experience in Washington. Although he took some bipartisan heat, it was mostly Democratic senators who went out of their way to smear Kennedy, brow-beat him, interrupt him incessantly whenever he did try to answer their questions or defend himself, and preen before the cameras.

There is only one other person who brings out a greater unhinged reaction among Democrats and the far left: President Trump. Over the last decade or so, the rage directed at him has accurately been described as “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Over the decades — and especially as president — Trump has been correct about multiple issues and has done great good. Most of the left will acknowledge none of it.

Much of that irrational hatred and denial of basic facts for partisan advantage has now seemingly been directed at Kennedy. Many who watched Democratic senators’ vicious........

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