美国卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪在周一晚间于密歇根州大急流城举行的一场竞选集会上发表争议言论，声称世界上5亿阿拉伯人“不产生科学，不获诺贝尔奖，不获菲尔兹奖，不获沃尔夫奖，也不产生文学”。1这一言论随后遭到多方强烈批评，其中美伊斯兰关系委员会（CAIR）将其定性为“赤裸裸的种族主义和偏见的教科书式展示”，另有评论称之为“疯狂的种族主义咆哮”。1针对肯尼迪的说法，美联社周二发布的事实核查显示，阿拉伯人在近年来已获得或入围上述所有奖项，证实该指控不符合事实。1
此次事件发生在美国中期选举政治攻势加剧的背景下，肯尼迪旨在攻击其支持的共和党参议员候选人迈克·罗杰斯的主要对手、穆斯林民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德，后者目前在民调中领先。1除肯尼迪外，其他共和党政要也参与了对埃尔-赛义德的攻击：特朗普总统周日在Port Huron的集会上称其为“圣战者”并指责其站在恐怖分子一边；副总统JD Vance周二则在密歇根州Howell进一步升级攻击，将埃尔-赛义德与巴黎骚乱联系起来。1康涅狄格州参议员克里斯·墨菲批评这一系列行为是“将穆斯林美国人去合法化的协调运动”。1
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced sharp criticism after delivering what opponents described as a “wildly racist tirade” during a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday night 1. In his remarks, Kennedy falsely claimed that the 500 million Arabs worldwide do not produce science or literature and have never won major awards such as the Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal, or the Wolf Prize 1. This assertion was immediately debunked by an Associated Press fact-check published on Tuesday, which confirmed that Arab individuals have both won and been nominated for these prestigious honors in recent years 1.
The controversy emerged as part of a broader political effort to support Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who is currently trailing in polls against Muslim Democratic challenger Abdul El-Sayed 1. Civil rights organizations swiftly condemned Kennedy’s comments, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) labeling them a “textbook example of naked racism and prejudice” 1. The incident highlights intensifying attacks on Muslim Americans in the lead-up to midterm elections, with Vice President JD Vance further escalating rhetoric on Tuesday by linking El-Sayed to riots in Paris during a rally in Howell, Michigan 1. President Donald Trump had also previously attacked El-Sayed, calling him a “jihadist” who sides with terrorists at a Sunday rally in Port Huron 1. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy criticized the coordinated nature of these remarks, describing them as a campaign to “de-legitimize Muslim Americans” 1.
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