'I can't listen to myself': RFK Jr. reveals neurological disease

Presidential candidate RFK Jr. faced voters during town hall Wednesday
He started out by explaining his raspy voice
"I think it makes it problematical for people to listen to me": Kennedy

Posted: Jul 9, 2023 / 01:00 PM EDT

Updated: Jul 9, 2023 / 09:16 AM EDT

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(NewsNation) — Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. explained Wednesday how he came to have a raspy voice, noting a neurological disease in his 40s.

Kennedy said he suffers from a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, which causes the muscles that generate a person’s voice to go into periods of spasm.

“I think it makes it problematical for people to listen to me. I cannot listen to myself on TV. … I feel sorry for you guys having to listen to me,” Kennedy said.

During a town hall at the NewsNation headquarters Wednesday, Kennedy answered questions from voters, as well as voters voters watching in South Carolina and New Hampshire.

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