Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing backlash over comments he made about Arabs while at a campaign stop in Michigan, according to a report from The Hill. The report was written by Ford McCracken.

The Hill reported that Kennedy said, "There's 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don't produce science." According to the outlet's summary, he went on to say that Arabs do not win the Nobel Prize, the Fields Prize or the Wolf Prize.

The Hill's headline describes Kennedy as having been rebuked for the claim, while its summary describes him as facing backlash. Neither the headline nor the summary identifies who rebuked him or what form the criticism took.

The available summary does not include any response from Kennedy. It also ends mid-passage, so the full report may contain further details that are not reflected here. The summary does not name a city where the campaign stop took place, only that it was in Michigan.

The summary lists three prizes in the remarks but does not say how the claim was assessed or whether it was checked against any data. Readers can consult the full report at The Hill for the complete text.

Because the summary is a partial excerpt, this account is limited to the points it contains. It does not characterize the remarks beyond the words quoted and the reported backlash.

Sources: The Hill: RFK Jr. rebuked for derogatory claim about ‘Arabs in the world’.