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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on August 2, 2026 in an interview with Dana Bash on CNN:

The U.S. “had the highest death rate from COVID of any nation on earth.”

By Grace Abels • August 4, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 22, 2026 in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee:

“There’s two ways of calculating percentage” decreases. “If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that’s a 600% reduction.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 in a press briefing:

Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”

By Grace Abels • February 19, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:

“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”

By Madison Czopek • November 20, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate hearing:

“It’s going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”

By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:

“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 4, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 29, 2025 in a town hall event:

DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.

By Madison Czopek • May 5, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:

“A lot of studies” show that getting measles “boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease.”

By Jeff Cercone • March 19, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream:

Border Patrol agents take migrants “to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. … And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 3, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”

By Madison Czopek • June 18, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X:

“The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X:

“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 5, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 1, 2024 in an interview on CNN:

“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech … to censor his opponent.”

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video:

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast:

Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to “sexual dysphoria” in kids.

By Grace Abels, Jill Terreri Ramos, Luiz Romero • June 28, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on December 6, 2021 in a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers:

The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”

By Samantha Putterman • December 10, 2021

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