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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not necessarily led the Democratic Party since announcing his candidacy for president in April. The scion has vowed to close the U.S.-Mexico border and has promoted a number of bizarre conspiracy theories on the side of Vladimir Putin on Ukraine. It is specifically about COVID-19, including last weekend’s allegations of targeting ethnic groups while referring to the disease. It was lowest among Jews and Chinese.
So it’s no surprise that the RKF is collecting cash from Republican donors.Popular information Announcing the breakdown of donations On Monday, he noted that of the 96 people who donated up to $6,600 to RFK’s campaign last quarter, 37 had previously donated only to Republicans running for federal office. Only 19 had consistently donated to Democratic candidates.
Kennedy also received maximum funding from the Purple Good Government PAC, which is controlled by tech investor David Sachs. Sachs has been a vocal supporter of Ron DeSantis’ campaign for the Republican nomination. He is also friends with Elon Musk and was part of both the conversation between DeSantis and Musk on their glitched Twitter space and the conversation between Musk and RFK, in which RFK referred to the school shooting. He gasped and praised Musk before blaming it on antidepressants.
Popular Information also reports that in 2021, RFK’s anti-vaccine nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, will tried to donate $50,000 We returned the money to the Republican Bar Association and eventually returned the money. Media Matters reported in June that Children’s Health Defense had slipped into a white supremacist reply on the far-right social network Gab. Gab has been described by the Anti-Defamation League as “a haven for extremists, conspiracy theorists and misinformation”.
Kennedy does have some traditional Democratic positions, such as his opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to nullify race-based affirmative action in college admissions, but the In particular, it has functioned as a right-wing operative in the Democratic primary. He even accepted an invitation from far-right Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to testify before the Federal Weaponization Committee later this week. The commission has served as a vehicle for Republicans to legitimize President Biden and conspiracy theories about him. “Deep State”.
While RFK’s campaign has been a catnip to the Republican conspirators, he has also been an outspoken advocate of MAGA policy.He visited the U.S.-Mexico border in June and lashed out at the border, saying that he “[with Trump more than Biden] for this particular issue. ” President Trump has stepped up his inhumane policies of family separation, tried and failed to build a wall across the border, and continued to demonize asylum-seeking immigrants in the United States. RFK echoed the rhetoric of Trump and his allies when speaking on the issue. “I’m going to make the border impassable.” he promised in May.
Republicans love what they hear.
