RFK Jr. Denies Antisemitic COVID Conspiracies

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied allegations of racism and anti-Semitism after suggesting that Covid-19 could have been genetically engineered to reduce risks to Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people. Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, claimed that Covid-19 was targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people but denied suggesting that the virus was targeted to spare Jews. He defended himself on Twitter, stating that he believed governments were developing ethnically targeted bioweapons. Kennedy's comments have faced backlash, with Rep. Ritchie Torres calling him a "complete crackpot" and members of his own family declining to support his presidential bid.