Controversy Surrounds RFK Jr.'s Covid Remarks and Allegations of Antisemitism
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, has faced accusations of antisemitism and racism after making conspiracy-filled remarks suggesting that the Covid-19 virus was engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people. Kennedy has a history of embracing false conspiracy theories, including those related to Covid-19 and vaccines, autism, mass surveillance, and more. His comments about the virus sparing certain ethnic and religious groups have been condemned for perpetuating antisemitic tropes and racist stereotypes. Scientists have dismissed Kennedy's claims, and Jewish leaders and politicians have expressed anger and disappointment over his remarks.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Covid Remarks Raise Questions of Antisemitism The New York Times
- RFK Jr. says COVID may have been 'ethnically targeted' to spare Jews New York Post
- Jewish groups denounce RFK Jr.’s false remarks that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews and Chinese people CNN
- RFK Jr. pushes back on report he said Covid-19 was ethnically targeted to spare Jews CNBC
- RFK Jr.: Lunatic Conspiracy Theorist Returns to Lunatic-Conspiracy-Theorist Ways National Review
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