From COVID-19 conspiracy theories to confusion on the facts about Medicare and Medicaid to refusing to say that vaccines aren’t linked to autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s February confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill were anything but smooth for someone who is hoping to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

A video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his Senate confirmation hearing repeating a misleading narrative that Black people should be put on a different vaccination schedule on the basis of their race has been widely shared on social media.