The Associated Press has a good analysis of dangerous crank RFK Jr.'s inconsistent statements and views as he challenges President Biden for the Democratic nomination. He's anti-vaxx, then he says he's not, and so on as AP notes:
"Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic because of his strident opposition to vaccines. Yet, he insists he’s not anti-vaccine. He has associated with influential people on the far right – including Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn – to raise his profile. Yet, he portrays himself as a true Democrat inheriting the mantle of the Kennedy family.
As he challenges President Joe Biden, the stories he tells on the campaign trail about himself, his life’s work and what he stands for are often the opposite of what his record actually shows. [snip]
He has said he wants to 'reclaim' the Democratic Party, while aligning himself with far right figures who have worked to subvert American democracy. He touts his credentials as an environmentalist, yet pushes bitcoin — a cryptocurrency that requires massive amounts of electricity from supercomputers to generate new coins, prompting most environmental advocates to loudly oppose it.
And though he peppers his speeches, podcast appearances and campaign materials with invocations of the Democratic Party legacies of his uncle President John F. Kennedy and his father, Robert F. Kennedy, his relatives have distanced themselves from him and even denounced him.
'He’s trading in on Camelot, celebrity, conspiracy theories and conflict for personal gain and fame,' Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s grandson, said of his cousin in an Instagram video in July. 'I’ve listened to him. I know him. I have no idea why anyone thinks he should be president. What I do know is, his candidacy is an embarrassment.'” (our emphasis)
In particular, it's his embrace of the far-right leadership like Carlson, Bannon, Flynn, and the Malignant Loser himself, saying recently that's he's "proud" that the Malignant Loser likes him, that's deeply disturbing and disgusting. The article also notes that he's got a Republican-funded PAC behind him, "Heal the Divide Political Action Committee":
"The committee’s address is listed in the care of RTA Strategy, a campaign consulting firm that has been paid for its work to help elect Republicans including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the former Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker.
The PAC’s treasurer, who works for RTA Strategy, is Jason Boles, a past donor to Trump and many other Republicans who includes “MAGA” and “AmericaFirst” in his bio on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter." (our emphasis)
That quite some company he's keeping, and it should be made known far and wide that a vote for this misguided egotist is a vote to return the Malignant Loser to power.
(photo: Kennedy flanked by Trumpists Michael Flynn, left, and Roger Stone. Twitter/X)
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