RFK Jr. Flails as Senator Interrogates Him for Saying Black Kids Need To Be 'Reparented'
Source: MEDIAite
Apr 22nd, 2026, 8:47 pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled on Wednesday over comments he made about Black children needing to be reparented.. During a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) pointed to some remarks Kennedy made during a June 2024 appearance on the Earn Your Leisure podcast.
Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, SSRIs, Benzos, which are known to induce violence, Kennedy said at the time. And those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get reparented to live in a community where therell be no cellphones, no screens. Youll actually have to talk to people.. Kennedy also referred to wellness farms during the podcast.
In Wednesdays hearing, Alsobrooks cited Kennedys tense exchange last week with Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) about the same subject and attempted to get the secretary to admit he had said Black kids should be reparented:
ALSOBROOKS: Can you admit today that you said every Black kid can get reparented on a wellness farm? Can you admit that you said that?
KENNEDY: Reparented on a wellness farm?
ALSOBROOKS: You said, Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, SSRIs, Benzos, which are known to induce violence. And those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get reparented to live in a community where therell be no cellphones, no screens. You know, you claimed, in fact, you went on say, actually the whole transcript is even worse. You said that if you could, you would send quote, every Black kid again, to go live on farms and work.
Is that your
KENNEDY: I would have to see, hear that recording.
ALSOBROOKS: Well, I have the recording.
KENNEDY: I have no memory of saying anything like that.
ALSOBROOKS: Yeah, well, I actually have the recording that I can give to you. But that is absolutely what you said. And if you want me to play it, I can play it.
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tonekat
(2,551 posts)He's a ghoul, and needs to be removed from his position ASAP.
sop
(18,936 posts)Get to work...

travelingthrulife
(5,386 posts)As though this guy has ever done any of that type of living.
Lonestarblue
(13,530 posts)It is all about rich white people profiting from the labor of others while paying them as little as possible, and that is why the 1% supports the Republican Party. They are the party that hates everyone but the 1% and does everything possible to prevent any changes that benefit the non-wealthy. Their record dates back to Reagan. One would think that voters would see through them by now, but critical thinking in Republican voters is missing in action..
yardwork
(69,479 posts)He said that "all Black kids" are put on drugs, are violent, need to be "taken" from their homes, and must be sent to camps where they won't have access to phones or screens. In other words, no access to the world or their parents.
Slavery. RFK, Jr. is saying that Black people "need to be" slaves because of their inherent attributes and inability to be good parents.
It's hard to imagine a more racist statement. This is who these people are.
sop
(18,936 posts)His younger brother died of a drug overdose, probably as a result of Bobby Jr.'s influence. And the list of other Kennedy "kids" on drugs and accused of a variety of crimes is pretty long. Maybe they should be sent to the plantation, too?
Clouds Passing
(8,089 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,039 posts)angrychair
(12,376 posts)To public health.
I always imagine Bobby Kennedy, looking down on this particular child, saying "damn. I knew I should have used birth control".
Blue Owl
(59,364 posts)Could not be any clearer that RFK is unfit to be holding this position. Just like everyone else in Dumps liquor cabinet.
70sEraVet
(5,546 posts)"I hath no memory of saying any such thing!"
He seems to not recollect a LOT of things, lately. Maybe snorting cocaine off toilet seats causes memory loss??
SidneyR
(219 posts)FCS, what is it with Democrats? Would it be too freaking "impolite" to just play the recording? You must know by now that RFK Jr. is just going to deflect and deny. PLAY THE DAMN RECORDING ALREADY!!!
Fil1957
(759 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,250 posts)turn into fucking creeps and drug addicts. What's up with that?
SergeStorms
(20,709 posts)What a freaking train wreck this entire maladministration is.
OMGWTF
(5,178 posts)yardwork
(69,479 posts)Iggo
(49,976 posts)That he said something that horrifyingly stupid.
Or that he cant remember saying something that horrifyingly stupid.
Its gotta be the fucking brain worms.
OGBuzz
(442 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,803 posts)maxsolomon
(38,945 posts)He denied saying it and claimed no memory.
Congressional Hearings are never going to produce any real answers in this era of 100% gaslighting bullshit.
Deep State Witch
(12,741 posts)Go, Angela!