RFK Jr. pushes back on report he said Covid-19 was ethnically targeted to spare Jews
NBCJul 03, 2023
The Facts
Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Thursday — defending himself against allegations of antisemitic remarks while calling out online censorship by Big Tech and his own party.
House Republicans invited Kennedy to address the censorship and an alleged smear campaign by the Biden admin. and corporate media. RFK Jr. says his ban from Instagram, which was allegedly for posting misinformation about vaccines, was orchestrated by the Biden Admin.
The Spin
Republican narrative
It's ironic how Democrats engaged in an all-out blitz to censor RFK Jr. during a hearing on censorship while having the nerve to claim they’re not actively censoring dissent. The woke left has used the same smear tactics, calling their opponents “racist,” “sexist,” “antisemitic,” and other “ists” in order to stop them from speaking. They’ve usually reserved their totalitarianism for conservatives, but now they’re even branching out to silence anti-establishment members of their own party.
Democratic narrative
RFK Jr., who has been intentionally spreading dangerous misinformation for years, should not be given the platform to continue doing so before the House of Representatives. Republicans should be ashamed that they invited him, especially after his recent comments, which added racism to his repertoire of problematic rhetoric. This is suspiciously convenient for the GOP — RFK Jr. is a "Democrat" running to the right of DeSantis and Trump who has caught the eye of conservative operatives and donors.
