Protect Our Care says Kennedy 'laid bare how small and ignorant he really is'
Protect Our CareProtect Our Care, in a statement by its president, Brad Woodhouse
Protect Our Care president Brad Woodhouse says Kennedy's remarks smear an entire people with disprovable lies, and faults Mike Rogers and John James for not condemning them.
“Fear and racism are the crutch of pathetic political hacks with absolutely nothing to offer or progress to point to. RFK Jr has laid bare how small and ignorant he really is.”
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RFK Jr. says 500 million Arabs 'don't produce science' at a Rogers campaign event; CAIR calls for his firing
On October 26, 2026, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Republican campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that the world's 500 million Arabs 'don't produce science', do not win the Nobel, Fields or Wolf prizes and 'don't produce literature', and blamed the Muslim Brotherhood. Civil rights groups, health care advocates and Democrats condemned the remarks, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations called for his firing.
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Protect Our Care statement, issued the evening of October 26, 2026 (Eastern time), quoting its president, Brad Woodhouse, on Kennedy's remarks at the Grand Rapids campaign event.
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The group's statement, issued the evening of the Grand Rapids event, says Kennedy went on 'an ugly, wildly racist tirade' at a campaign event for Mike Rogers and Rep. John James.
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Woodhouse adds that it is 'an indictment of both Mike Rogers and John James' that they have not condemned the remarks.
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The case concerns Kennedy's October 26 remarks about Arabs. Woodhouse describes them as 'smearing an entire people with gross and instantly disprovable lies', which condemns them.
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The Dispute Index. "Protect Our Care says Kennedy 'laid bare how small and ignorant he really is'". First published: 2026-10-30. Last updated: 2026-10-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/7252-protect-our-care-president-brad-woodhouse-says-kennedy