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Oct 28, 2026

RFK Jr faces backlash for claiming Arabs don't produce science at Michigan campaign event

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew widespread condemnation for remarks at a Monday campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he falsely claimed that Arabs don't win Nobel Prizes or produce significant scientific and literary work. The comments were denounced as racist and factually inaccurate by civil rights groups and fact-checkers.

Oct 28, 2026·8 sources
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  • ▪Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted funding for the health department
  • ▪Cole Wozniak, a spokesperson for Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, criticized Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s remarks as an attempt to influence voters with racially charged statements.
  • ▪The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee condemned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements as blatant anti-Arab bigotry and factually inaccurate.

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Federal agenciesCivil rightsMisinformationRace & ethnicityTrump administrationUS midterm elections

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