Attacks on scientific expertise have been increasing, especially in politics. Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is among the more prominent people who have done that.
I thought it sounded strange when he spoke as well. Turns out he has some condition which makes it sound like that, so maybe we shouldn't point it out.
Or maybe we should - the right has nothing against playing dirty, maybe it's time to take the gloves off. Who knows.