{"id":2224940,"date":"2026-10-28T14:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2224940"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T11:10:46","slug":"rfk-jr-slammed-for-bigoted-remarks-about-arab-muslims-during-campaign-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2224940","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Slammed For Bigoted Remarks About Arab Muslims During Campaign Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/80\/16by9\/2026\/10\/28\/8039943aa6f84cecbfd2516979ce4fef_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">RFK Jr. Slammed For Bigoted Remarks About Arab Muslims During Campaign Event<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">RFK Jr.<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">In The Crosshairs Of Civil Rights Groups &#8230;<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">After Anti-Muslim Remarks<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-10-28T07:10:46-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              October 28, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:10 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-f254e0ca9530f3f03ad00681564f73b1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-d0678101-9fac-4972-8b6f-dce4546a4202-1514406479-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/44\/16by9\/2026\/10\/28\/44d504ec873a46fc93c69bda51505200_md.png\" alt=\"102826 rfk jr kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-d0678101-9fac-4972-8b6f-dce4546a4202-1514406479-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">WTF??<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/rfk-jr-makes-false-claims-about-arabs-in-science-10-28-2026\/\">Video: RFK Jr. Makes Bigoted Remarks About Arab Muslims During Campaign Event<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-17ba94af3b25041dc8809b5bfdd0f903\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/robert-kennedy-jr\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong><\/a> is in hot water with a civil rights group after he made what some believe were bigoted remarks about Arab Muslims during a campaign event in Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7f32ed1a06b00c736b0cfb12a32bbacd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s Secretary of Health and Human Services made the controversial comments Monday while stumping for Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mike-rogers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Rogers<\/strong><\/a> in Grand Rapids, MI, saying that Arab Muslims have never won any major international awards and fail to produce science and literature, which is totally false.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8aed9eb73f2b4808985823523c2c9f45\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260212_6cdb012f5d394094b7dd52f0f39dcd67\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0c4ab1a8-03fb-4e2a-a472-402ac0ea6982\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6c\/4by3\/2026\/02\/12\/6cdb012f5d394094b7dd52f0f39dcd67_md.jpg\" alt=\"rfk jr getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2fc59c0c6f9ee9581a0c3fca45d92314\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kennedy said, \u201cThere&#8217;s 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don&#8217;t produce science, they don&#8217;t win the Nobel Prize, they don&#8217;t win the Fields prize, they don&#8217;t win the Wolf Prize, they don&#8217;t produce literature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-71c535713b30c0428a06308ef6e81ef1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>On Tuesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations blasted Kennedy, describing his statements as &#8220;a textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3f28710d34308913424cc64dc36bbcd7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a id=\"gallery-link-671d003a-5398-4f3c-bba1-8670848f615b\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2024\/08\/05\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-through-the-years\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:671d003a-5398-4f3c-bba1-8670848f615b\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0c4ab1a8-03fb-4e2a-a472-402ac0ea6982\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a5\/4by3\/2024\/08\/05\/a57e5177c9ad458d989a949cb5550291_md.jpg\" alt=\"Robert F Kennedy Jr Through The Years\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">RFK Through The Years<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n              Launch Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit gallery-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-071f0ae4cb2c297f62d9b91e135bbc23\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Thing is &#8230; Arabs have won all of the prizes RFK Jr. mentioned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bc0fdbf90e3ae590c45dedc42ddaa3fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And <strong>Peter Hotez<\/strong>, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/rfk-jr-faces-widespread-rebuke-anti-arab-remarks-rcna606056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBC<\/strong><\/a> that his late friend and colleague, Nobel Prize winner <strong>Ahmed Zewail<\/strong>, would totally disagree with Kennedy since Zewail was Arab.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c956e51952f59e1b47d853c0705ff50e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to the Department of Health and Human Services &#8230; 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