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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: These are kids who will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a…

On the recordApril 21, 2025
These are kids who will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Democratic · New York

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Kennedy makes sweeping negative generalizations about autistic individuals' futures.

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