Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a 2024 president candidate who suspended his independent campaign in August 2024. Kennedy threw his support behind Republican nominee Donald Trump. From April 2023 to September 2023, he ran as a Democratic challenger to incumbent President Joe Biden. In November 2024, President Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has worked as an environmental lawyer, author and antivaccine activist.
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“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
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Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket.…
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”
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"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
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“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
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On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”
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“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech ... to…
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“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
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Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
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The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”