"RFK Jr.'s Campaign Retracts Support for Jan. 6 Rioters in Fundraising Email"
TL;DR
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign initially expressed sympathy for Jan. 6 rioters in an email, but retracted the statement hours later, attributing it to an error by a new marketing contractor. The campaign emphasized that anyone who violated the law on Jan. 6 should face appropriate penalties. The email also solicited donations while focusing on the plight of Julian Assange, urging the U.S. to drop espionage charges against him.
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- R.F.K. Jr.'s Campaign Expressed Sympathy for Jan. 6 Rioters, Then Retracted It The New York Times
- RFK Jr. campaign walks back fundraising emails that said January 6 defendants were stripped of constitutional liberties CNN
- RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email boosting 'J6 activists' POLITICO
- Robert F Kennedy campaign calls January 6 rioters ‘activists’ in email The Guardian US
- Kennedy campaign blames vendor for email sympathetic to Jan. 6 insurrectionists The Associated Press
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