{"id":590786,"date":"2026-04-23T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590786"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:45:53","slug":"rfk-jr-apologizes-for-previous-statements-about-black-kids-needing-to-be-reparented-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590786","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. apologizes for previous statements about black kids needing to be \u2018reparented\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr was grilled over comments he made in 2024 about black kids needing to be \u201creparented.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maryland Democrat Sen. Angela Alsobrooks was determined to pin Kennedy during the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Wednesday. Also, she cited a recent contentious exchange RFK Jr. had with Alabama Democrat Terri Sewell last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you admit today that you said every black kid can get reparented on a wellness farm? Can you admit that you said that?\u201d Alsobrooks began.<\/p>\n

After Kennedy appeared perplexed, she continued.<\/p>\n

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a yelling RFK Jr denies making comments about Black children that Rep. Sewell printed out and put on a placard pic.twitter.com\/8OGXUbhnTi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou said, \u2018Every black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, SSRIs, Benzos, which are known to induce violence. And those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get reparented, to live in a community where there\u2019ll be no cellphones, no screens.\u2019 You know, you claimed, in fact, you went on to say, actually, the whole transcript is even worse. You said that if you could, you would send quote, \u2018every black kid\u2019 \u2013 again, \u2018to go live on farms and work.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that your\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Kennedy interjected, saying that he\u2019d need to hear the recording and that he had no recollection of his statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, well, I actually have the recording that I can give to you,\u201d she shot back. \u201cBut that is absolutely what you said. And if you want me to play it, I can play it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kennedy claimed that it is not his position and ultimately apologized to Alsobrooks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you ask me what my opinion is, I do not believe that every black kid should be reparented on a wellness farm or whatever. And I have never believed that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, if I said it, I apologize, but I\u2019d have to see the transcript.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are Kennedy\u2019s original comments where he talked about \u201cwellness farms\u201d for at-risk black kids and \u201cany American\u201d who\u2019s dependent on drugs can go for help.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhich every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall. SSRIS. Benzos. Which are known to induce violence and those kids are gonna have a chance to go somewhere and get reared to live in a community\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

RFK Jr. wants to put Black children \u201creparented\u201d on \u201dwellness farms.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/ZjcLhoGcOZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr was grilled over comments he made in 2024 about black kids needing to be \u201creparented.\u201d Maryland Democrat Sen. Angela Alsobrooks was determined to pin Kennedy during the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Wednesday. Also, she cited a recent contentious exchange RFK Jr. had with Alabama Democrat Terri… Continue reading RFK Jr. apologizes for previous statements about black kids needing to be \u2018reparented\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/590778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=590786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=590786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}