Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in full damage-control mode after causing outrage with his comments about autism during his first official press briefing as health secretary.
Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, attempted to dial back the controversy in a sit-down Thursday night with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
He had triggered a firestorm by claiming that people with autism—a neurodevelopmental disorder—will never play baseball, go out on dates, pay taxes, write poems, or hold down a job. He also described autism as a “preventable disease” caused by a mysterious environmental toxin.
The man scrambles to finish his fucking sentences
Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, attempted to dial back the controversy
Nope. You told the same lies that Nazi eugenicists told when they wanted to sterilize and eliminate neurodivergent people. You said that shit with your whole chest and you meant it. Don’t run from it. Own it, you fucking coward.
Good let’s keep him in ‘damage-control mode’. Keep pushing back, friends. Don’t give anyone in this administration a moment’s rest.
Being autistic, the ignorance yet dominance of the conservative party pisses me off. But RFK Jr targeting autism really puts a fine point on my anger.
He’s willing to ignore science and still try and tell me about my own body and mind.
Fingers crossed he fucks up enough to link it to something like PFAS (already a no) and we get serious reform out of it.
