{"id":1975378,"date":"2023-07-17T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-relatives-condemn-deplorable-claim-covid-19-was-ethnically-targeted\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:53:23","slug":"rfk-jr-relatives-condemn-deplorable-claim-covid-19-was-ethnically-targeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-relatives-condemn-deplorable-claim-covid-19-was-ethnically-targeted\/","title":{"rendered":"Relatives of RFK Jr. denounce COVID-19 &#8216;ethnic targeting&#8217; claim as &#8216;appalling&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frfk-jr-relatives-condemn-deplorable-claim-covid-19-was-ethnically-targeted%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=1975378&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>The Controversial Claims of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Denounced by\u200b Relatives<\/h2>\n<p>The relatives of \u200bDemocratic \u200bpresidential \u2063candidate\u200d Robert \u2063F. Kennedy\u200d Jr. have strongly denounced\u200b his\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label\/\" title=\"Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood\u2019s Abuse Allegations, Gets Dropped From Record Label\">recent claims<\/a> about the \u2062COVID-19 pandemic, which he suggested \u2064was\u2062 &#8220;<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>.&#8221; These\u2064 remarks have \u200cdrawn severe\u200b criticism \u200dfrom officials, activists, and even\u2063 his own \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">family members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Deplorable Remarks<\/h3>\n<p>Kerry Kennedy, a lawyer and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-relatives-condemn-deplorable-claim-covid-19-was-ethnically-targeted\/\" title=\"Relatives of RFK Jr. denounce COVID-19 'ethnic targeting' claim as 'appalling'.\">human\u2063 rights \u200dactivist<\/a>, \u200bexpressed\u2062 her disappointment in \u200cher brother&#8217;s comments, calling\u200c them &#8220;deplorable&#8221; \u200din a\u200d statement\u2064 on\u2064 Monday. She emphasized \u2063that his statements \u2064do not align \u200bwith her\u200b beliefs\u200d or \u200bthe values of \u2062the Robert\u2063 F. Kennedy\u2062 Human Rights\u2063 organization, which \u200dhas \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photo-evidence-dominion-voting-machines-have-made-in-china-labels\/\" title=\"PHOTO EVIDENCE: Dominion Voting Machines Have \u201cMade in China\u201d Labels\">long history<\/a>\u2063 of \u2063fighting\u2063 against\u2063 racism\u200c and\u200d discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Kennedy, RFK Jr.&#8217;s\u200d nephew, also took to\u2063 Twitter to condemn his \u2062uncle&#8217;s comments,\u200b stating that they\u2064 were hurtful and unequivocally \u200cwrong.<\/p>\n<h3>Clarification or \u200dBacktracking?<\/h3>\n<p>Robert F. \u200dKennedy\u200b Jr. attempted \u200cto clarify his stance on\u2064 Sunday, \u200dclaiming \u2064that reports of his comments\u200c were &#8220;mistaken.&#8221; \u200dHe\u2062 denied suggesting that COVID-19 \u2064was \u200bdeliberately engineered, but maintained that studies on the \u2063virus \u2063demonstrate \u2064the potential \u2064for \u2064bioweapons\u200b to target\u2064 specific\u200c ethnicities.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 controversial videotape captured Kennedy stating at a dinner in New\u200b York City that COVID-19 \u200b&#8221;attacks \u2064certain\u200b races \u200cdisproportionately.&#8221;\u200d He specifically mentioned \u200dthat Caucasians and Black people \u2062are more vulnerable, while Ashkenazi\u2062 Jews \u200dand Chinese \u2064individuals\u200b seem to\u2064 have\u200c greater \u200cimmunity.<\/p>\n<h3>Repercussions and\u2064 Testimony<\/h3>\n<p>Jaime\u2064 Harrison,\u200b the \u200cchairman\u200b of the\u200d Democratic\u200d National \u2062Committee, \u2062expressed\u2062 his concern over Kennedy&#8217;s\u200c remarks,\u200c emphasizing \u200cthat they do not reflect the views \u200bof\u2062 the \u2062Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200bthe controversy, Robert F. Kennedy \u2064Jr. is still scheduled to\u200d testify at\u200b a hearing for \u200bthe House Select Subcommittee\u200c on\u2063 the Weaponization of the Federal Government. \u200dHowever, \u2064activist \u200cgroups and Democratic \u200cwatchdogs\u200b have \u2064called for his\u2064 invitation \u200dto be rescinded in \u200clight of \u2062his\u200d comments. \u2063Chairman \u200dJim \u2064Jordan (R-OH)\u200d has \u200cstated \u2064that\u2063 he disagrees\u2063 with\u2062 Kennedy&#8217;s\u200c remarks but will proceed with the\u200b testimony.<\/p>\n<p><a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a>\u200b to \u200cread more from\u200d The\u200b Washington\u2064 Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relatives of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, have strongly criticized his false assertions that COVID-19 was designed to target specific ethnicities, while sparing Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese individuals. 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