RFK Jr. On Trump Bringing Back Fitness Test: ‘The Purpose of this Is to Make Sure that Kids Get Outdoors’

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KENNEDY JR.: “I can’t because we don’t know exactly what the tests are going to look like. That’s why we have a commission, which the president launched this week. We’re going to, you know, we’re going to make sure — listen, right now, the average American kid is spending seven hours in front of his screen a day. And the purpose of this is to make sure that kids get outdoors, make sure the kids have physical activity. It’s absolutely critical. And, you know, I’m not sure exactly what the path is for achieving that, but we know what our objective is. Everybody wants our kids to get up. And, you know, it contributes, this sedentary lifestyle is contributing to the malaise, the spiritual malaise that we have in this country, the emotional and depressive state that so many of our kids are in. You need to get out and do competitive sports, work with teamwork, work with other kids, try to make it exciting for everybody. And try to make it enjoyable. We need our kids up, move a muscle, change of thought. If you want to get out of a bad mood, go out and do something physical.”