RFK Jr. renounces Louis Farrakhan, previously hailed as a ‘truly great partner’, due to anti-Semitism.
Kennedy Faces Backlash for Anti-Semitic Statements on Coronavirus
Robert Kennedy Jr. once praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as a ”truly great partner” in advocating a controversial connection between vaccines and autism. However, the Democratic presidential candidate has now distanced himself from the anti-Semitic preacher due to a scandal surrounding his own controversial remarks about Jews.
Kennedy’s recent comments suggesting that the coronavirus may have been ”ethnically targeted” to harm certain racial groups, while Ashkenazi Jews appeared to have greater immunity, sparked criticism from Jewish organizations and Democratic Party leaders. In response, Kennedy has claimed that his statements were taken out of context and that he is not anti-Semitic.
This controversy has once again brought attention to Kennedy’s association with Farrakhan. Farrakhan has made derogatory remarks about ”satanic Jews” and accused “powerful Jews” of being his enemies. When asked about his relationship with Farrakhan, Kennedy now asserts that he is an “opponent” and has never endorsed Farrakhan’s views.
However, Kennedy’s past actions contradict his current claims. In 2015, Kennedy met with Farrakhan and introduced him to the unfounded theory linking measles vaccines to autism rates, a claim without evidence. Kennedy even referred to Farrakhan as a ”truly great partner” during a protest. Over the years, Kennedy continued to collaborate with the Nation of Islam on the vaccine issue. In 2020, Farrakhan encouraged his followers to follow Kennedy and propagated the false idea that scientists were using the coronavirus vaccine to depopulate the Earth.
While Kennedy now insists that he was unaware of Farrakhan’s history of anti-Semitism when they first started working together, his private diary from 2013 suggests otherwise. In the diary, Kennedy expressed his disappointment with civil rights leader Jesse Jackson for his association with Farrakhan and his “Jewish xenophobia.”
Kennedy claims to have cut ties with the Nation of Islam after learning about Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic comments. However, he hosted Nation of Islam official Tony Muhammad on his podcast in 2021 to discuss the documentary ”Medical Racism: The New Apartheid,” where Kennedy perpetuated the baseless claim that scientists are conducting harmful experiments on black Americans through vaccinations.
In a recent interview, Kennedy acknowledged that being accused of anti-Semitism or pedophilia are the worst accusations one can face. Interestingly, he recently interviewed Scott Ritter, a convicted child sex offender, on his podcast, where they criticized U.S. support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
Requests for comment from Kennedy’s campaign and Tony Muhammad went unanswered.
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