RAMROD 118,027 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Robert F Kennedy Jr has filed election paperwork to run for US president in 2024 as a Democrat. The 69-year-old is the son of assassinated Senator Robert F Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy. The environmental lawyer's campaign treasurer, John E Sullivan, confirmed the filing on Wednesday. Mr Kennedy is an outspoken anti-vaccine campaigner. Instagram removed his account in 2021 for "repeatedly sharing debunked claims", the company said. Both Democratic and Republican parties hold their own contests - called primaries - to find their presidential nominee. Mr Kennedy will be a rank outsider for the Democratic nomination. President Joe Biden has indicated he will run for re-election, though he has not yet formally declared his candidacy. He was previously expected to launch his campaign in early April, but aides say his timeline has shifted. As the co-founder of an environmental law firm, Mr Kennedy won plaudits for campaigning on issues such as clean water, including working to clean up the Hudson River in New York. But his anti-vaccine views go back years and have provoked a strong backlash, including from his own family. In 2021 his sister, Kerry Kennedy, called him "very dangerous" on the issue. In 2019, three other family members penned an op-ed in the news outlet Politico, denouncing Mr Kennedy's anti-vaccine views. His sister Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, brother Joseph P Kennedy II and niece Maeve Kennedy McKean said his views were "tragically wrong" and have "deadly consequences". In 2022, Facebook and Instagram removed accounts for an anti-vaccine group founded by Mr Kennedy, Children's Health Defense, for "repeatedly" violating company policies on medical misinformation. Although Mr Kennedy's vaccine scepticism long predates Covid, he found a new audience during the pandemic, when revenues to Children's Health Defense doubled to $6.8m (£5.5m). Mr Kennedy also published a book, The Real Anthony Fauci, in which he accused the former US infectious disease chief of "a historic coup d'etat against Western democracy". He also invoked Nazi Germany during an anti-vaccine speech in Washington, DC last year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65197673.amp (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flapjack 1,264 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Like run as an idiot, good for you, but literally no one is talking about vaccines anymore so what's the point of any of this? What is he gonna do? Un-vaccinate people and get the essential oil sellers to vote for him? We still have people talking about how they're against the new normal, lockdowns, and vaccines where I'm around, and there's fully no government anything about 'CONTROLLING MAH FREEDUMB'... Like baby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 115,275 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, Flapjack said: Like run as an idiot, good for you, but literally no one is talking about vaccines anymore so what's the point of any of this? What is he gonna do? Un-vaccinate people and get the essential oil sellers to vote for him? We still have people talking about how they're against the new normal, lockdowns, and vaccines where I'm around, and there's fully no government anything about 'CONTROLLING MAH FREEDUMB'... Like baby He’s not just anti Covid vaccines. He’s anti vaccine completely. Which is just dumb. The problem is people like this can heavily influence people. I wouldn’t want a president that doesn’t believe in basic science. she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarstruckIllusion 53,681 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 The way his son turned out so crazy… it’s a bit sad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Lovers 7,828 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 His father and his uncle both would hate most of his positions. Hell JFK was a generally very ill man and had his life saved by a couple vaccines when he was younger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbage day 11,852 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 uh oh... the qanon cult is gonna eat this up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,686 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 can we stop let boomers rule the world, they're opinions are outdated. also this nepotism in politics is becoming annoying.. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALGAYDO 35,425 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Okay go and waste your money, idiot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Day 5,766 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Kennedy’s don’t have the best track records when it comes to the presidency. Wonder if he will join? Together You And I! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monstermilo 5,473 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 there should be a 60 year old age cap on being president lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 wait is this a kennedy kennedy or just someone with the surname kennedy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Day 5,766 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, bionic said: wait is this a kennedy kennedy or just someone with the surname kennedy He is the son of Robert F Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy Together You And I! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Day 5,766 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 12 minutes ago, Monstermilo said: there should be a 60 year old age cap on being president lol 70 seems more reasonable. Take George Bush for example, he was 62 when he left office. Should have have left the presidency before the normal retirement age? Together You And I! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatography 10,186 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 bruh how are people still anti-vaccine: you are a special kind of stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEANUS 16,202 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 The awful concept of us heading towards Biden vs. some far-right republican for 2024 British social ladies with upturned pinkies, glasses clinking // xoxoTEANUS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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