US health chief RFK Jr faces widespread rebuke over his anti-Arab remarks
Civil rights groups and healthcare advocates called the remarks racist and false, while CAIR demanded Kennedy’s removal from his Cabinet post.
- On Monday, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy delivered controversial remarks about Arabs at a Republican rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, claiming "500 million Arabs" do not "produce science" or win major prizes.
- Supporting Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers' campaign, the rally focused on his frequent accusations that his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, though El-Sayed has publicly disavowed the group.
- Critics condemned Kennedy's statements as factually incorrect; Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, contradicting Kennedy's claims. Michigan has the highest share of residents reporting Arab ancestry in the United States at about 2.2 percent.
- Kennedy insisted discussing the organization was "not Islamophobia," labeling it a "death cult." Rogers previously faced questions on NBC's Meet the Press about his focus on El-Sayed's alleged affiliations.
- As the Senate race in Michigan nears its conclusion, controversy persists over Kennedy's remarks, with Rogers arguing El-Sayed has not adequately addressed questions despite public disavowals.
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Kerry Kennedy expressed her deep shame at her brother ' s abusive statements against Arabs and Muslims, affirming that his allegations were false and citing their scientific and literary contributions and winning such figures as Ahmed Zoel, Najib Mokhov, Omar Yagi with Nobel and Wolf prizes.
They don’t produce science, they don’t win Nobel Prize: RFK Jr faces backlash over Arab Muslims remarks - The Tribune
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr faced backlash after claiming that modern Arab Muslims do not produce science and literature as they did in the past and do not win prestigious awards, according to The Washington Post.
RFK Jr. faces widespread rebuke over his anti-Arab remarks
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced widespread rebuke Tuesday over anti-Arab comments that the Council on American-Islamic Relations cast as “a textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry.”
Trump and Kennedy’s racist tirades against Muslims and Arabs: The fascist degradation of American politics
The open bigotry of the remarks in Michigan by the US president and a top cabinet secretary are a signal of the plans for mass repression and military aggression after the elections.
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