‘Clear Out the Dead Weight’: RFK Jr. Promises Mass Firings at NIH and FDA to ‘Protect Our Kids

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

says he intends to fire 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The comments were made at an event in Scottsdale over the weekend where RFK stressed the importance of acting fast.

An audience member reportedly asked him what he would do if he could wave a "magic wand."

"We need to act fast, and we want to have those people in place on January 20 so that on January 21, 600 people are going to walk into offices at NIH, and 600 people are going to leave."

During a separate interview, RFK said he would clear out entire departments at the FDA if given the opportunity.

"In some categories, there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA that are—that have to go, that are not doing their job, they're not protecting our kids."