Staffers Walk Out of RFK Jr.'s Slur-Ridden Speech About Deep State

[Nevilledog]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/staffers-walk-out-of-rfk-jrs-slur-ridden-speech-about-deep-state/

No paywall link
https://archive.li/ypIW9

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stunned FDA staff Friday with a 40-minute tirade featuring a disability slur, the “deep state” conspiracy theory, and accusations that agency employees were becoming a “sock puppet” for the industries it regulates, according to Politico.

During his bonkers rant to employees at the Food and Drug Administration, Kennedy, an anti-vaccine crusader and Trump appointee, dropped the slur “r----ded” when referring to Wassaic State School, a former institution for people with developmental disabilities that once included the word in its name.

He reportedly repeated the name of the school’s former name—including the slur—while discussing rising autism diagnoses.

“Because of my family’s commitment to these issues, I spent 200 hours at Wassaic home for the r----ded when I was in high school,” he reportedly said to the shock of FDA employees, several of whom walked out, according to Politico. “So I was seeing people with intellectual disabilities all the time. I never saw anybody with autism.”

An HHS spokesperson told the Daily Beast that Kennedy was not using the word in a derogatory way.

*snip*

[milestogo]

1. Yeah, I'm sure you knew all about these things in high school, genius.

What drugs were you doing then?

[Dave Bowman]

32. He started at 15.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-jr-heroin-addict/

[IcyPeas]

2. Musk uses the word retarded too....

His comment arrives as right-wing politicians, comedians, and influencers have started throwing around the slur in a bid to drag it back into mainstream use. Joe Rogan on Thursday celebrated its return as “one of the great culture victories” of the Donald Trump era.

Trump must be so proud of them 😥 😔

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Every day

I ask myself how much longer can we allow these freaks and bigots to be in charge.

[Skittles]

4. I can't stand him but this title is misleading

he was referring to "Wassaic State School for the Mentally Retarded"

[johnnyplankton]

20. That's not the hill to be dying on. It was the name of the school...

There are a lot more dangerous things to worry about with this lunatic

[Skittles]

33. like I said, I cannot fucking stand him

but he wasn't throwing the "r-word" around

[James48]

5. Well, that WAS the name of the institution.

I wouldn’t consider that a slur. But I’m 64, in the Midwest, and fairly centrist.

I think the fact that that was the name of the place gives it legitimacy to say that word.

[DrMJG10]

14. Past Tense

WAS the name. Name changed reflected the drop of the use of the terms. Time to accept name change is now the correct name.

[ButchMcMuffin]

6. So his family committed him

When he was a teenager.

That explains it.

[struggle4progress]

7. It was originally called Wassaic State School for Mental Defectives

[Meowmee]

8. This is what happens when you put psycho drug addicts in charge

[GP6971]

11. Hello Sunshine!!! How ya been?? Got your Covid booster yet?

[BigmanPigman]

34. I wish I saw his post before it was removed...

I can never spot trolls and I am glad others can!!!!

[GP6971]

12. Tell me...is nineteen starlings related to 16 candles?

[Meowmee]

15. 😹

[Cha]

17. Poor thing.. it mst be Exhausing for her to Try

and protect Psycho Drug Addicts that the Head Psycho put in Charge of Americans' Health. Instead Bob Attacks them.

[Meowmee]

18. Yes that was a wacky one for sure too

Who has time for that kind of nonsense? I guess maybe they get paid?

😀

[GP6971]

22. They enjoy it. Don't know

why, but they do.

[Cha]

23. She's an ongoing Deranged fan Troll who does it

because Mump is her golden cow idol and all things Mump.

MIRT takes care of it ASAP.

[Meowmee]

25. Yes, a scary thought

Good work mirt 👏🏻😀🙏🏻

[GP6971]

19. I think she's losing her touch.

[sheshe2]

16. Or perhaps Clarice Starling.

[GP6971]

21. Bingo!!!!

[sheshe2]

26. Danke

I blew out her candles.

[Ilsa]

9. Yeah, Bob, but back in the 1960s autism was only

recognized if it was severe, and the DSM was "incomplete."

[LoisB]

24. How did this apple fall SO far from his tree? I wish he were not a junior because he sure

sullies his father's name.

[UTUSN]

27. K&R

[efhmc]

28. You know he is the highlight and epitome of this administration.

[dflprincess]

29. It's a pity his aunt Eunice wasn't there to smack him up side the head

Last edited Sat Apr 12, 2025, 11:45 AM - Edit history (1)

and maybe knock the brain worm out.

I don't suppose it might dawn him that back when he was in high school there were autistic kids at that school who had been misdiagnosed because their condition was not understood as well as it is now.

[ShazzieB]

35. I'd bet money that wouldn't enter his mind!

And if someone told him, he'd blow it off the same way he blows it off whenever anyone tells him that vaccines save lives and DON'T cause autism. autism. He seems like the type who would ignore any idea that he didn't already agree with, and any attempt to educate him would bounce off him like a pig pong ball.

[turbinetree]

30. A Sock Puppet ...............have you looked in the mirror ...............you got your measles vaccine when you were kid

sock puppet.............Lamb Chop the sock puppet made more sense................

[Johonny]

31. Was his heroin shipment late?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. Was that him or the brain worm talking