Posted on 04/06/2023 6:01:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
Editor’s Note: We’ve updated this article to reflect that the organization Robert F. Kennedy Jr. heads is called the Children’s Health Defense. We regret the error.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, filed paperwork Wednesday to run for president as a Democrat.
Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy on Wednesday to challenge President Biden, who has yet to formally announce his bid for reelection, in the 2024 Democrat primary, The Associated Press reported. Kennedy had launched a fundraising campaign last month on social media to help him “decide whether to run for President.”
“If it looks like I can raise the money and mobilize enough people to win, I’ll jump in the race,” he tweeted last month. “If I run, my top priority will be to end the corrupt merger between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy, shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters, poisoned our children, and robbed us of our values and freedoms. Together we can restore America’s democracy.”
Kennedy, who is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy and son of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, heads the Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization that often promotes unproven theories about the safety of vaccines. It has received strong criticism for its misinformation.
The organization also doubled its profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people grew hesitant over the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, according to The Associated Press.
Anti-vaxxer is the new term for deplorable. I hate these scum.
I’m all for vote splitters on the other side.
The Democrat press has precast labeled him. But as it regards the Covid vaccination he will have a significant following…
He is a socialist enviro-Nazi…but he will tear Biden apart in any debate.
It will be fun to watch.
He’s likely there to cover for another steal.
He speaks put about vaxxes, but not election fraud.
Well, at least he is a natural born US citizen eligible unlike two Republican candidates, Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley and Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy. I’d vote for a Kennedy over either of these two. Luckily we have Trump at the moment, maybe we will see DeSantis, my preferred candidate.
If he gets Tulsi as his running mate, that could be very interesting.
THEY won’t allow it.
DU is collectively tearing their hair out over this.
Yes, it would essentially sink Biden........................
Tokyo Rove's as well.
Like being an anti-vaxer is a bad thing.
It will be interesting to see how the Left attacks a Kennedy.....................
Force them to defend dopey Joe. It will be a laugh riot.
I doubt Biden will debate him- that seems to be how the left roll these days during elections- they hide, and “win”
Well, they couldn’t call him RFK JR’s son. That’d be helpful.
redfreedom wrote: “Like being an anti-vaxer is a bad thing.”
When you consider the number of lives saved by vaccines, being an anti-vaxxer is a bad thing. It is estimated that over 4 Million lives are saved by childrens vacccinations each year.
I wish he’d run as an independent. Even five percent would help us.
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