Even for President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was a shocking press conference. Last week’s announcement was supposed to be about how these two science-haters had somehow discovered the cause of autism — spoiler: they didn’t — but really, the main theme of the day was that women are lazy, spoiled brats who need to be disciplined by two men who have faced accusations of chronic adultery and sexual assault. After falsely blaming autism on women who take Tylenol while pregnant, Trump insisted that women should “tough it out” rather than take the pills, which are the only over-the-counter pain relievers doctors believe are safe during pregnancy.
But as gross as that was, Kennedy still offered the most vile comment during the event, when he ap