{"id":1977639,"date":"2023-07-19T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-disavows-anti-semite-louis-farrakhan-whom-he-once-called-a-truly-great-partner\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:00:43","slug":"rfk-jr-disavows-anti-semite-louis-farrakhan-whom-he-once-called-a-truly-great-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-disavows-anti-semite-louis-farrakhan-whom-he-once-called-a-truly-great-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. renounces Louis Farrakhan, previously hailed as a &#8216;truly great partner&#8217;, due to anti-Semitism."},"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\">30<\/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-disavows-anti-semite-louis-farrakhan-whom-he-once-called-a-truly-great-partner%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=1977639&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--><div>\n  \u200d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2064 \u200b \u200c <\/p>\n<h2>Kennedy Faces\u2062 Backlash for Anti-Semitic Statements\u200c on\u2063 Coronavirus<\/h2>\n<p> \u200b <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n   \u200c \u2063<figcaption>\n  \u200d   \u2063 Nation of \u200cIslam leader\u200b Louis\u2062 Farrakhan\u2063 and \u2063Democratic\u200b presidential\u200c hopeful \u200bRobert F.\u2063 Kennedy\u2064 Jr.\u200b \/\u2064 Twitter<br \/>\n  \u200c\u2062 \u200c <\/figcaption>\u2062  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Robert Kennedy Jr. \u200conce\u2063 praised\u200c Nation\u2064 of Islam \u200cleader\u2062 Louis \u200dFarrakhan as \u2063a \u200b&#8221;truly\u2063 great\u2063 partner&#8221;\u2063 in advocating a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-slavery-kaepernick-still-cashing-checks-from-nike-which-is-accused-of-using-slave-labor-in-china\/\" title=\"\"NFL = Slavery\" -- Kaepernick Still Cashing Checks from Nike, Which Is Accused of Using Slave Labor in China\">controversial connection<\/a> between vaccines \u2062and autism. However,\u200d the Democratic\u2063 presidential\u200c candidate \u200dhas now distanced himself\u200b from the anti-Semitic\u200d preacher due \u2062to \u200ca scandal\u2062 surrounding his own \u200bcontroversial \u2062remarks \u2062about Jews.<\/p>\n<div>\n\u200b \u200c  \u2062\u200b <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2063  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-confronts-mike-pence-on-tanks-to-ukraine-while-us-cities-rot-receives-shocking-response\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions Pence on Ukraine tanks as US cities decay; Pence's response is surprising.\">recent comments suggesting<\/a> that the coronavirus\u2063 may \u200chave \u200bbeen \u200b&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aligned-group-pressures-jim-jordan-to-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-government-weaponization-hearing\/\" title=\"Biden-aligned group urges Jim Jordan to disinvite RFK Jr. from weaponization hearing.\">ethnically \u200dtargeted<\/a>&#8221; to \u200dharm \u2064certain racial\u2062 groups,\u2062 while\u200d Ashkenazi Jews appeared \u200cto \u2064have greater immunity, sparked\u200c criticism\u200b from Jewish \u200borganizations\u2064 and Democratic\u2062 Party leaders.\u200b In response, Kennedy has \u200bclaimed that \u200bhis statements were taken out of\u2062 context and\u200d that he\u200d is\u200c not \u2064anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>This \u200ccontroversy\u2064 has once\u200d again\u200c brought attention \u2064to\u2062 Kennedy&#8217;s association \u2062with Farrakhan. \u200cFarrakhan \u2062has made\u2062 derogatory\u200c remarks about \u2064&#8221;satanic Jews&#8221; \u2064and\u200c accused &#8220;powerful \u2062Jews&#8221; of being\u200b his\u2063 enemies. \u2064When\u200c asked\u2063 about his relationship with Farrakhan, Kennedy now asserts that he is\u200b an &#8220;opponent&#8221; \u2064and has\u2064 never \u2064endorsed Farrakhan&#8217;s\u200b views.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u200d <\/p>\n<p>However, Kennedy&#8217;s past \u2064actions contradict\u2064 his \u200bcurrent claims. In 2015, \u2063Kennedy met with \u200bFarrakhan\u200b and introduced\u200b him to\u2064 the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-disavows-anti-semite-louis-farrakhan-whom-he-once-called-a-truly-great-partner\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. renounces Louis Farrakhan, previously hailed as a 'truly great partner', due to anti-Semitism.\">unfounded \u2063theory\u200c linking\u2064 measles \u200bvaccines<\/a> \u200bto autism\u200c rates, a claim without \u2063evidence. \u2064Kennedy even\u2063 referred\u2064 to Farrakhan as \u200ba \u200b&#8221;truly great partner&#8221; \u200cduring \u2064a protest. Over\u200d the\u200c years,\u200b Kennedy continued\u200c to\u200d collaborate\u200d with the Nation of \u2064Islam\u200c on\u200c the \u2063vaccine \u2062issue. \u200bIn \u200d2020,\u2064 Farrakhan encouraged his \u2064followers \u200dto follow Kennedy and \u2064propagated the\u200c false idea\u2063 that\u200d scientists were using the \u200ccoronavirus \u2062vaccine \u200dto depopulate the \u200dEarth.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d \u200c <\/p>\n<p>While Kennedy now \u200dinsists \u2062that he\u200c was unaware of \u200cFarrakhan&#8217;s history of \u2063anti-Semitism\u2063 when\u200b they \u2063first \u200bstarted\u200b working together, his\u200d private diary from\u200d 2013 suggests\u2063 otherwise. In\u2064 the diary, Kennedy expressed \u200chis\u2063 disappointment with civil rights\u200b leader Jesse Jackson \u2064for his\u2063 association \u200dwith \u200cFarrakhan and his &#8220;Jewish xenophobia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy \u2063claims to \u200bhave cut \u200dties with the Nation of Islam after\u200d learning \u2064about Farrakhan&#8217;s\u200d anti-Semitic comments. However,\u200d he\u2064 hosted\u2063 Nation \u200cof Islam official Tony \u200bMuhammad on \u200dhis podcast\u2062 in 2021 to discuss the documentary \u200b&#8221;Medical Racism: The \u200bNew\u2062 Apartheid,&#8221; \u200cwhere Kennedy\u200c perpetuated the\u2062 baseless \u200bclaim that \u200bscientists are \u2063conducting \u2062harmful\u200b experiments \u2063on \u2063black\u2062 Americans through\u200d vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200c<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a>, Kennedy\u2062 acknowledged that \u200dbeing accused of\u200b anti-Semitism or pedophilia are the worst\u200c accusations one \u2062can \u2064face. \u200cInterestingly, he recently interviewed Scott Ritter, \u200ba convicted \u2062child\u2064 sex offender,\u200c on his podcast, \u200dwhere\u2064 they\u200c criticized U.S.\u200b support for Ukraine\u200d in its conflict with\u2062 Russia.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Requests\u200d for\u200d comment from\u2063 Kennedy&#8217;s campaign and Tony\u200d Muhammad went unanswered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kennedy faces criticism for his anti-Semitic remarks on coronavirus, targeting Nation of Islam&#8217;s Louis Farrakhan and Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Twitter, Kennedy Jr. previously praised Farrakhan as an influential ally in promoting the disputed connection between vaccines and autism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":1977640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}