Rosie O’Donnell withdrew to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tuesday about his latest comments on autistic children who destroy their families, saying he should be fired or resigned as secretary of health and human services.
“I think it’s very disrespectful,” she told CNN.
“I think it’s embarrassing, and I think he is completely unqualified to be the chief of health and human services. I think most of the cabinet choices made by Donald Trump are part of his vision for a government of reality, and not the most qualified people available, especially Robert Kennedy.
“And to think that his family is what created the special Olympiad, and he would continue with such shameful, dehumanizing remarks, is absolutely deplorable. And I think he must resign or free himself from his position.”
Kennedy’s remarks last week sparked reactions between some autistic individuals and their families, because of what they considered his implication that they were all hopeless loads.
Kennedy said “Autism destroys families and most importantly, it destroys our greatest source, our children.”
While Kennedy said he was referring to serious cases, he caught criticism saying they were children who would never do ordinary things like using un controlled baths, wearing a job or paying taxes. Kennedy has directed HHS to investigate the rise of autism levels and claimed that the agency would have discovered a cause for “epidemic” by September.
Kennedy’s name for HHS secretary was very controversial due to his past work trying to link vaccinations with autism; Most medical experts have repeatedly rejected theories such as unfounded and partially based on drawback studies such as research drawn by Andrew Wakefield for the MMR vaccine in 1998.
Most research points to a genetic cause of the disorder, which presents itself to individuals in a wide spectrum.
Kennedy has claimed that he is not anti-vaccine, though he has made repeated remarks, questioning their efficiency and side effects throughout his life.
While autism experts claim that the increase in cases stems from the greatest awareness and improved diagnostic testing, Kennedy attributed the increase in environmental factors while speaking last week.
“This is coming from an environmental toxin, and someone made a profit by introducing it environmental toxin into our air, our water, our medicines, our food,” Kennedy said.
“And it is for their benefit to say ‘Oh, to normalize it. To say all this is all normal, it has always been here.” This is not good for our country. “
O’Donnell has a non-binar, autistic child named Clay, and she referred to clay with “them” pronouns during the interview, saying that “they were really regressing themselves” at a young age before a dog aid the situation.
O’Donnell, who currently resides in Ireland, added that she has been “heartbroken” to see the country fall in its view under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
She said she had no regrets to flee to Ireland after his choice.
The two have had a decades of quarrel that extends back in its time waiting for the “view” in the 2000s.
“I knew after reading project 2025 that if Trump was going, it would be time for me and my child not binary to leave the country,” she said on Tuesday.
“I made the decision within my family and my therapist … and then when he did [win]We made the plan in action and we disappeared before it was inaugurated. “
Reached for comment, a HHS spokesman repeated Kennedy referred to autistic people severely affected and not making a general characterization.
“Secretary Kennedy remains committed to working towards a society where people with autism have access to significant opportunities, appropriate support and the full respect and recognition they deserve. His statements emphasized the need for increased research on environmental factors that contribute to increased autism diagnoses, not stigmatizing individuals with autism,” Digital.
“HHS supports continued cooperation and research to identify the causes of autism and provide the best possible strategies of care and management for those affected. in general. ”
Diana Stance and Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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