The US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr ’s “condescending” remark to a female reporter immediately came back to bite him. The moment came during a 20-minute interview with CNN ’s Dana Bash, over the course of which the pair clashed on several issues resulting in several tense moments. At one point, Bash quizzed RFK Jr on the government’s investigations into the “cause” of autism. “Dana, you probably don’t understand this because you’re not a scientist,” RFK Jr pushed back against Bash’s question. Elsewhere in his on-screen meltdown, RFK Jr claimed that Dr Fauci, the former Chief Medical Advisor, was “lying about everything” during the Covid-19 pandemic, with no evidence to support this.