On Wednesday's Morning Joe on MS NOW, co-host Joe Scarborough claimed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s father would be ashamed of his comments about how few Arabs have received a Nobel Prize.
MS NOW's Morning Joe
October 28, 2026
7:18 a.m. Eastern
JOE SCARBOROUGH: So, Mike, let me -- let me talk about somebody that you've known for a long time -- I've known for a long time whose father was my political hero. Reason I actually got involved in politics, even as a conservative young guy, it was Bobby Kennedy after I read Arthur Schlesinger's book, after I learned about what he did in Indianapolis on April the 4th, 1968, after I saw what he did in South Africa in 1966, actually, June 6th, 1966, two years before he tragically passed away. Bobby Kennedy was the reason I got involved in politics. And I told junior that as well.
And the remarkable thing about Bobby Kennedy was that -- that he threw open his arms for all Americans, and he understood the importance of, of, of America as a -- that we were stronger as -- as we were more diverse. And he took chances. I -- I just -- it's hard to even imagine how ashamed he would be of his son for denigrating over a billion people because of their faith.
Specifically, when Bobby Kennedy talked about how America had to move to becoming a country that -- that moved beyond prejudices based on faith and race. Listen, this is --
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Heartbreaking.
SCARBOROUGH: This is heartbreaking. This is what Robert Kennedy Jr. -- I hate even saying that name -- this is what he did when he campaigned with Mike Rogers -- another guy that I've known, liked, respected has run an abhorrent, racist, bigoted campaign. But this is what Bobby Kennedy's
