RFK Jr Defends Racist Black 'Immune System' Vaccine Conspiracy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee to be Secretary of Well being and Human Providers, testifies in entrance of the Senate Well being, Training, Labor and Pensions Committee in Washington D.C., on Jan. 30, 2025. | Supply: Anadolu / Getty

In at the moment’s episode of Trump’s MAGA DEI Administration, for 2 days, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for Well being and Human Providers (HHS) Secretary, sat by way of his affirmation listening to, and for 2 days he reminded us that the white conservative narrative across the ills of DEI is utilized to each demographic besides woefully underqualified white males.

Simply as Pete Hegseth, who was not too long ago confirmed to steer the Division of Nationwide Protection, was unable to reply fundamental questions on U.S. international coverage and the worldwide organizations we’re allied with, RFK Jr. struggled to reply fundamental questions any well being official ought to have the ability to reply, such because the distinction between Medicare and Medicaid. In addition to that, RFK Jr. was grilled on each days about statements he’s made selling factless conspiracy theories and medical racism — such because the notion that Black individuals have higher immune methods than white individuals and may, due to this fact, be placed on a unique vaccine schedule — and he additionally responded to these traces of questioning by stuttering, stammering, crashing and burning.

MORE: RFK Jr. Whitesplains How ‘Training’ Will Make Us Immune To Racism ‘Like The Avengers’

The worst half is, if latest historical past is any indication, none of that obvious incompetence and ignorance will stop RFK Jr. from being confirmed.

Let’s begin with RFK Jr.’s name again to basic white supremacist medical racism — the narrative that Black persons are naturally extra resilient and, due to this fact, much less in want of correct care.

On Thursday, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) grilled RFK Jr. about when he stated the next:

“We shouldn’t be giving Black individuals the identical vaccine schedule that’s given to whites as a result of their immune system is healthier than ours.”

“Are you able to please clarify what you meant?” Alsobrooks requested RFK Jr..

“A sequence of research, I feel most of them by Poland, present that to specific antigens that Blacks have a a lot stronger response. There’s variations in response to completely different merchandise by completely different races…,” RFK Jr. responded earlier than Alsobrooks reduce him off, as a result of — bruh…what?

From The Hill:

Kenney appeared to allude to the concept that Black individuals want “fewer antigens” than white individuals, one thing Alsobrooks shortly deemed “harmful” rhetoric.

“Mr. Kennedy, with all due respect, that’s so harmful. Your voice can be a voice that folks would take heed to,” Alsobrooks stated.

Many research have proven racial bias within the medical system, affecting how Black People are handled in comparison with white People. A 2016 research revealed by the Nationwide Middle for Biotechnology Info discovered that amongst first 12 months medical college students, greater than 20 % imagine false claims that Black individuals have a stronger immune system than white individuals.

Outcomes of racial bias within the medical system have led to much less therapy, ache administration and even demise for Black People.

This isn’t the primary time RFK Jr. revealed his bizarre obsession with Black immunity. Final 12 months, whereas he was nonetheless working for president, he tried to enchantment to Black voters by whitesplaining to them that they’d be “immune” to racism “just like the Avengers” if they’d simply get a greater “training.”

Thoughts you, on Day 1 of his affirmation listening to, RFK Jr. was questioned by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) about previous statements he has made claiming that “COVID-19 was a genetically engineered bioweapon that focused Black and White individuals however spared Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese language individuals.” As soon as once more, RFK Jr.’s response was basically: Oh come on, there was completely a research that stated it first!

From the LA Occasions:

“I didn’t say it was intentionally focused. I simply quoted an NIH-funded, revealed research,” the nominee answered. Bennet stated he would take the reply as a sure.

RFK Jr. then rejected having stated “publicity to pesticides causes kids to change into transgender,” that “African AIDS is a wholly completely different illness to Western AIDS.” Bennet then stated he had the solutions on document and he would give them to Committee chair Mike Crapo.

RFK Jr. denied he stated all of the craziness he undoubtedly stated, however he was keen to confess that he “most likely” stated Lyme illness is a “extremely seemingly militarily engineered bioweapons.”

“I most likely stated that,” RFK Jr. instructed Bennet.

However, OK, come on — so RFK Jr. is a bit of racist and really a lot susceptible to spreading round any piece of conspiracy theory-laced medical misinformation from any pseudoscientific research he comes throughout. That doesn’t imply he doesn’t have the medical information essential to serve within the nation’s high medical workplace, does it?

Oh wait, I forgot concerning the Medicare/Medicaid factor.

From CNBC:

“You need us to substantiate you to be answerable for Medicare, however it seems that you don’t know the fundamentals of this program,” stated Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, after Kennedy struggled to reply a sequence of questions on Medicare earlier than the Senate Committee on Well being, Training, Labor and Pensions.

Kennedy, 71, stumbled when answering questions on Medicare and Medicaid throughout each of his affirmation hearings this week. He appeared earlier than the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday.

Hassan, who sits on each panels, requested Kennedy on Thursday to elucidate what every a part of Medicare is. However he struggled to determine and clarify the basic features of this system, which gives protection to older and disabled People.

When requested what Medicare Half A is for, Kennedy stated it’s “primarily for main care or physicians.” Hassan clarified that it’s protection for seniors who obtain inpatient care at hospitals.

Kennedy, when requested what Medicare Half B is, stated it’s “for physicians and docs.” Half B is protection for a variety of medical providers equivalent to physician visits, outpatient care, residence well being, sure medical provides and preventive providers.

When requested what Medicare Half C is for, Kennedy known as it “the total menu of all of the providers – A, B, C and D.” Hassan famous that Half C is also called Medicare Benefit, that are privately run plans contracted by Medicare. These plans function a substitute for conventional Medicare plans.

Kennedy insisted that he “simply defined the fundamentals” of this system, however Hassan stated she needed to right him on a number of issues.

Suffice it to say (however I’m going to say it anyway each time), if RFK Jr. weren’t a white man — and particularly if he have been a Black girl — the whole white, fragile and eternally racist MAGA world can be screaming “DEI nominee” from each rooftop they might discover.

However that logic can’t be utilized to white males, as a result of, clearly, their DEI allegation immune system is much better than Black individuals’s.