RFK Jr.'s Controversial COVID-19 Comments Spark Outrage and Backlash
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his controversial remarks suggesting that COVID-19 may have been "ethnically targeted." Kennedy denied accusations of antisemitism and claimed that he was referring to the development of ethnically targeted bioweapons by governments. He cited a study on genetic factors in the spread of the virus but provided no evidence to support his claims. Kennedy's remarks drew backlash from Democratic Party members, and he attempted to deflect criticism by posting a video conversation with a rabbi who defended him. There is no scientific evidence to support the theory that COVID-19 was deliberately engineered to spare certain ethnic groups.
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- Jewish groups denounce RFK Jr.’s false remarks that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews and Chinese people CNN
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