Sen. Michael Bennet (D., Colo.) asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to clarify whether he had said previously that Lyme disease was a bioweapon. “I did probably say that,” RFK Jr. responded. The idea that Lyme disease,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conceded Wednesday he “probably did” once say that Lyme disease is a “military-engineered bioweapon.” Kennedy’s answer came in response to a fiery line of questioning by Sen. Michael Bennet at his confirmation hearing to become Donald Trump’s health secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he "probably" agrees that Lyme Disease was originally a bioweapons engineered by the military during a confirmation hearing Wednesday with the Senate Finance Committee. Colorado Democratic Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators Thursday that he “never believed” that Lyme disease was created as a biological weapon. But almost exactly a year ago — in January 2024 — the Health and Human Services nominee hosted an entire episode of his podcast dedicated to “Bioweapons and Lyme Disease.”

During a passage of his confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. got into a heated exchange with Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, who asked him to confirm whether he had made a series of claims, including the Lyme disease one.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is grilled on his recent comments about Lyme Disease, trans kids, and abortion during his nomination hearing to consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of the US Departmen