{"id":1974966,"date":"2023-07-17T09:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-watchdog-demands-jordan-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-before-weaponization-committee\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:24:18","slug":"democratic-watchdog-demands-jordan-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-before-weaponization-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-watchdog-demands-jordan-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-before-weaponization-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog group urges Jordan to rescind RFK Jr&#8217;s invitation to testify before weaponization committee."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-watchdog-demands-jordan-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-before-weaponization-committee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Democratic Watchdog \u2064Calls \u200bfor Disinviting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from Social \u2064Media \u2063Censorship Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>A Democratic\u2062 watchdog has \u2062sent a \u2064letter\u200c to House \u2064Select Subcommittee on\u200b the Weaponization \u2062of the Federal Government Chairman\u200c Jim\u200b Jordan (R-OH), urging \u2064him to \u2062disinvite Robert F. \u200cKennedy Jr., \u200ba 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, from \u2062an upcoming \u200bhearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-president-condemns-censorship-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"Mexico President condemns censorship of President Trump\">social media censorship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The call for disinvitation comes\u200c in the wake of a video surfacing in which \u200dKennedy suggests \u2062that COVID-19 may\u2063 have been intentionally targeted \u200dat specific ethnicities\u2064 while sparing \u2064others. \u2064In the recording, he states, &#8220;COVID-19. There is an argument\u200d that it \u2064is \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whatever-you-do-dont-call-them-biolabs\/\" title=\"Whatever You Do, Don\u2019t Call Them Biolabs!\">ethnically targeted<\/a>. \u200cCOVID-19 attacks certain\u200c races disproportionately.&#8221; Kennedy goes on to \u2064claim that Jewish people\u2064 are \u2063among the \u2063groups\u200c that \u200dare &#8220;most \u2063immune&#8221; \u200bto \u200cthe virus.<\/p>\n<h3>Farmers\u200d Insurance Cuts \u2064Policies in \u2063Turbulent Florida Insurance \u200cMarket<\/h3>\n<p>In a \u2063letter addressed\u2062 to \u200cChairman Jordan, Kyle Herrig, the Executive \u2062Director of\u2064 the \u200cCongressional\u2063 Integrity Project, expresses concerns\u2063 about \u200bKennedy&#8217;s inclusion in the hearing.\u2063 Herrig describes Kennedy as a\u200b &#8220;known conspiracy theorist&#8221; whose anti-vaccine \u200cviews have endangered lives. \u200bHe also accuses Kennedy \u200cof being a\u2062 Russian propagandist\u2064 who has taken\u200c the side \u200bof Putin\u200d over Ukraine.\u2064 Herrig \u2064further \u200dcriticizes \u200bKennedy&#8217;s \u2063views \u2063and conspiracy \u200ctheories,\u2062 suggesting that they would\u200c be \u200bdisregarded \u200dif\u200b not \u200bfor \u2063his famous \u200dlast \u2064name. The \u2062letter also highlights\u2062 the\u2064 recently\u2063 surfaced video as \u2064evidence\u200c of \u2062Kennedy&#8217;s &#8220;horrific antisemitic and\u2064 xenophobic views.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Herrig \u200dgoes \u200bon to allege that Kennedy&#8217;s views are \u2064part of a\u2062 broader\u200c pattern of\u2063 antisemitism \u2062within \u200dthe \u2062House \u2064Republicans,\u2063 including Chairman Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Jordan\u200b did not respond to the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE \u2063FROM \u200cTHE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy is \u2062scheduled to testify at the committee&#8217;s Thursday hearing, \u200dwhich aims to examine &#8220;Big Tech&#8217;s collusion with out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-watchdog-demands-jordan-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-before-weaponization-committee\/\" title=\"Watchdog group urges Jordan to rescind RFK Jr's invitation to testify before weaponization committee.\">-control \u200cgovernment agencies<\/a> to\u2064 silence speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to \u2062the emergence of\u200d the video, Kennedy took to Twitter to deny\u2062 suggesting that COVID-19 was\u200c targeted to \u200cspare Jews. He clarified that his intention was \u2064to\u2064 highlight COVID-19 \u2064as\u2063 a \u2063&#8221;proof of\u200d concept\u2063 for ethnically targeted \u2064bioweapons&#8221; due\u2062 to \u2062its disproportionate impact on certain races \u200cand ethnicities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democratic watchdog urged Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) to exclude Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, from a hearing on social media censorship. 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