RFK Jr. Takes Action on His Most Dangerous Beliefs Yet
The health and human services secretary gave a masterclass in gross incompetence as he waxed unpoetic about an “autism epidemic.”
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a masterclass in gross incompetence as he waxed unpoetic about autism in a press conference that drew the ire of parents and autism awareness advocates across the country.
RFK JR: And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted pic.twitter.com/8T3hcYYn9O
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 16, 2025
“They’ll never pay taxes; they’ll never hold a job; they’ll never play baseball; they’ll never write a poem; they’ll never go out on a date—many of them will never use a toilet unassisted,” RFK claimed.
For The New Abnormal’s Danielle Moodie, the moment called into question RFK Jr.’s fitness as steward of America’s public health policy and national health programs.
“Just remind me, his medical degree is in what specific field?” Moodie asked.
“Doing drugs in college,” producer Jesse Cannon quipped.
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Co-host Andy Levy added that everything RFK Jr. says is “just wrong”—“and that has real-life repercussions because of the position that he’s been given in this administration.”
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