Trumpf Spreads Autism Misinformation in RFK Jr. Confirmation Push

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The nephew of JFK pockets half a million dollars a year from ant-vax charity groups. (Image: NY Post)

Trumpf cited inaccurate figures of autism diagnoses as a reason why the Senate should confirm Robert F Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Trumpf wrote on Truth Social:

"20 years ago, Autism in children was 1 in 10,000. NOW IT'S 1 in 34. WOW! Something's really wrong."

That social media post wasn't the first time Trump has floated misinformation about autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a December interview with TIME magazine, Trumpf said he'd have a "big discussion" with Kennedy about potentially ending childhood vaccination programs, noting the "autism rate is at a level that nobody ever believed possible."

While Trump did not insinuate a tie between autism and vaccines in his Tuesday post, he has in the past.

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Robert Kennedy Jr., who rails against vaccines of all types, has pocketed nearly half a million dollars a year from charities he runs and stands to earn millions more from his best-selling screed trashing pandemic czar Anthony Fauci.

His biggest haul came from the anti-vax organization Children’s Health Defense, which paid him $345,561 as chairman in 2020 — a raise of more than $90,000 from 2019, according to the group’s latest tax filings.

Sources:


https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/trumps-autism-rfk-jr-confirmation

https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/robert-f-kennedy-jr-anti-vax-crusade-is-making-him-millions/