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RFK Jr. Airs Antisemitic COVID Conspiracies at Flatulent Fundraiser
JULIA LURIE
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The conspiracy theorist, anti-vaxxer, and longshot Democratic presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed at an Upper East Side press event this week that COVID-19 may be a genetically engineered bioweapon that was “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people, reports the New York Post.
The same press dinner had already gone viral for a flatulence-punctuated argument between two attendees about climate change. (“It seems fitting that it landed during an event intended to raise Kennedy’s stature with the media.” my colleague Inae Oh wryly noted.)
At the event, Kennedy reportedly said, “COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately.” He added, “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are..
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/rfk-jr-antisemitic-covid-conspiracies-fart-fundraiser/