In remarks laced with scientific inaccuracies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Wednesday that autism was preventable while directly contradicting researchers within his own agency on a primary driver behind rising rates of the condition in young children.
This is the Republican modus operandi:
“This is the fantasy we want to believe. And if the facts do not support our fantasy, we will accuse you of lying to us and call for your death.”