‘Flat-Out Lie’: RFK Jr. Ripped Over ‘Disrespectful’ Remarks About Kids With Autism
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing intense scrutiny over comments he made about children with autism.
On Wednesday morning, Kennedy spoke more about his department’s mission to end autism. It was a continuation of his remarks at a recent Cabinet meeting, during which he claimed he would “eliminate” the disorder within months.
While discussing the topic Wednesday, Kennedy lashed out at the mainstream media for its “epidemic denial” and insisted that increased cases of autism were not simply a result of increased reporting. Then, he got emotional while talking about children “suffering” from the disorder.
“This is an individual tragedy, as well,” Kennedy said. “Autism destroys families; and, more importantly, it destroys our greatest resource, which is our children. These are children who should not be suffering like this. These are kids who — many of them were fully functional and regressed because of some environmental exposure into autism when they were two years old.”
“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; and we have to recognize we are doing this to our children,” he continued.
As a reminder, autism is a spectrum that includes a wide variety of symptoms — and the severity of those symptoms also varies greatly. While some may need assistance with certain activities, others on the spectrum are fully capable of living typical lives independently.
Kennedy’s suggestion that this is not the case, unsurprisingly, was met with a great deal of outrage.
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