Staffers Walk Out On RFK’s Abusive “Deep State” Rant

April 11, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies

Politico reports:

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but. Over the course of 40 minutes, Kennedy, in largely off-the-cuff remarks, asserted that the “Deep State” is real, referenced past CIA experiments on human mind control and accused the employees he was speaking to of becoming a “sock puppet” of the industries they regulate.

He touted his work for the Special Olympics but shocked several FDA employees when he said he spent 200 hours in high school working at the “Wassaic home for the retarded.” By the end of the event, billed as a welcome from the new commissioner, Marty Makary, several FDA staffers had walked out of the rooms where the speech was being broadcast at the agency’s headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, according to two employees granted anonymity for fear of retaliation.

The Daily Beast reports:

The 71-year-old Kennedy scion, who is estranged from much of his famous family, also leaned into MAGA’s favorite conspiracy, claiming “the Deep State is real.” “It’s not, you know, just George Soros and Bill Gates and a bunch of nefarious individuals sitting together in a room and plotting the, you know, the destruction of humanity,” said Kennedy. In a statement to the Daily Beast, the HHS spokesperson said Kennedy is “telling the truth that many Americans already know.”

“For too long, the FDA has been captured by the very industries it is supposed to regulate. Calling this out and encouraging radical transparency is not controversial — it’s leadership. The Secretary stands by his call for integrity, accountability, and whistleblower protection, and he will continue pushing for a culture at HHS that serves the public, not corporate interests or internal politics. The era of rubber-stamping and silence is over.”

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