Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s Lies

He is a threat to the election of Joe Biden

Recently, Erin Burnett of CNN interviewed FK Jr. for at least 30 minutes. Aware of Kennedy’s views and theories, I expected Burnett to be tough on him. She wasn’t. She allowed him to go on and on about all kinds of things, 99% of which are untrue. But he couches what he says so “well” that they seem true. It was hard to listen to, and I grew increasingly angry at CNN for having him on for so long and not pushing back on his lies. Was CNN hoping that by letting him talk he would expose the dangers of his candidacy? I don’t know how many people who watch CNN are considering Kennedy, but in the end, he came off badly — albeit smooth and reasonable sounding. No shouting, no expletives. Today, several news outlets wrote about the interview and quoted some of his manipulative views.

One statement Kennedy made was particularly outrageous: that Biden is more of a threat to our Democracy than Trump. The Washington Post reported that, “…Kennedy gave a lengthy defense of that argument, saying ‘the greatest threat to democracy is not someone who questions election returns,’ but rather Biden, pointing to his administration’s exchanges with social media companies.” In other words, the fact that social media companies such as Instagram censored Kennedy’s posts about his crazy vaccine theories, it was Biden’s…