Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) probed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over prior comments he had made on a podcast about government stepping in to "re-parent" Black youth.
"Can you admit today that you said every black kid can get reparented on a wellness farm?" the Maryland Democrat asked in a Wednesday hearing.
The HHS secretary indicated he was unfamiliar with what Sen. Alsobrooks alleged he had said.
"You said, 'Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, put on SSRIs, benzos, which are known to induce violence.
And those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get re-parented,'" Sen. Alsobrooks quoted. "You said that if you could, you would 'send every Black kid … to go live on farms and work.'"
"I have no memory of saying anything like that," Secretary Kennedy said. "That's not my vision for my country."
The secretary made the reported comments in a 2024 appearance on the "High Level Conversations" YouTube series with commentator 19Keys, during his unsuccessful campaign for the presidency.
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