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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:46 AM 11 hrs ago

RFK Jr. Flails as Senator Interrogates Him for Saying Black Kids Need To Be 'Reparented' [View all]

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 there’ll be no cellphones, no screens. You’ll actually have to talk to people.”. Kennedy also referred to “wellness farms” during the podcast.

In Wednesday’s hearing, Alsobrooks cited Kennedy’s 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 there’ll 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.


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/rfk-jr-flails-as-senator-interrogates-him-for-saying-black-kids-need-to-be-reparented/
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What a liar! tonekat 11 hrs ago #1
Bobby Jr. wants "every Black kid to go live on farms and work." I think they used to call those slave plantations. sop 11 hrs ago #2
Odious child. Yes, he wants black people put back as slaves. travelingthrulife 10 hrs ago #3
The plantation mentality is alive and well in the US and has been for decades. Lonestarblue 10 hrs ago #5
That's what he said, all right. yardwork 9 hrs ago #11
Caroline Kennedy has stated publicly that RFK Jr. "led" his siblings and cousins into drug addiction. sop 7 hrs ago #19
Nepo kids need reparenting Clouds Passing 10 hrs ago #4
Says the rich guy to them that ain't. twodogsbarking 10 hrs ago #6
That man is a significant danger angrychair 9 hrs ago #7
No memory? Then we got a problem here. Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #8
Thus quoth the raven, 70sEraVet 9 hrs ago #9
Just play it! SidneyR 9 hrs ago #10
I feel bad for him that his dad and uncle were murdered in public, but he has really tarnished the Kennedy name. Fil1957 9 hrs ago #12
Somehow, the Kennedy females don't seem to TexasBushwhacker 6 hrs ago #22
"Only the best people." SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #13
WTF is WRONG with him? OMGWTF 9 hrs ago #14
He's a racist and a bigot. yardwork 9 hrs ago #15
I don't know what's worse. Iggo 8 hrs ago #16
Do we know for certain that Jr. is no longer using heroin or snorting coke from toilet seats? OGBuzz 8 hrs ago #17
This man is insane. Worm ate his brain or just made his bizarre behavior even worse?? Un-freaking-believable Evolve Dammit 8 hrs ago #18
He didn't "flail". maxsolomon 7 hrs ago #20
That's My Senator! Deep State Witch 6 hrs ago #21
"I don't remember saying anything like that" Quanto Magnus 2 hrs ago #23
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