{"id":1978346,"date":"2023-07-20T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-denies-past-comments-were-antisemitic-at-house-hearing-smears-misinterpretation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:11:20","slug":"rfk-jr-denies-past-comments-were-antisemitic-at-house-hearing-smears-misinterpretation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-denies-past-comments-were-antisemitic-at-house-hearing-smears-misinterpretation\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. rejects accusations of antisemitism at House hearing, calls them &#8216;smears, misinterpretation&#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\">26<\/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-denies-past-comments-were-antisemitic-at-house-hearing-smears-misinterpretation%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=1978346&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>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy\u200c Jr. defends controversial comments<\/h2>\n<p>During a congressional \u200bhearing on Thursday, Robert F. Kennedy \u2064Jr., a Democratic presidential \u200ccandidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-denies-past-comments-were-antisemitic-at-house-hearing-smears-misinterpretation\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. rejects accusations of antisemitism at House hearing, calls them 'smears, misinterpretation'.\">passionately \u200ddefended recent comments<\/a> he made about\u2063 Jewish people, dismissing accusations of antisemitism as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-embattled-republican-lawmaker-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"President Trump Calls Embattled Republican Lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene\">smear campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Kennedy was caught on camera\u200c stating that COVID-19 appeared to be &#8220;ethnically targeted&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">disproportionately affected<\/a> certain races.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;COVID-19 is targeted\u2064 to attack Caucasians and Black \u2063people. The people who are most immune are\u2063 Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese,&#8221;\u200b Kennedy stated. &#8220;We don&#8217;t know whether it was deliberately targeted or not, but there are papers \u200cout there \u200bthat show the racial or ethnic differential and impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the video evidence, Kennedy stood firm during the hearing, asserting that he \u200bhad never uttered a racist or antisemitic phrase in his entire life.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In my entire life, I have never uttered\u2064 a\u2062 phrase \u2063that was \u2063either racist or antisemitic,&#8221;\u2062 Kennedy passionately declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He accused those \u2064labeling his statements\u200b as racist \u2063and\u2064 antisemitic \u200cof attempting to censor him through \u200csmears, misinterpretations, and lies.<\/p>\n<p>While some members of\u200b House Republican leadership denounced Kennedy&#8217;s comments,\u200c they defended their \u2063decision to allow him to testify before the\u2063 committee, emphasizing their\u2063 commitment to free speech and opposing censorship.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I disagree \u200bwith a lot of things he&#8217;s said, he&#8217;s a Democrat, but I don&#8217;t believe in censorship,&#8221;\u2062 stated subcommittee chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). &#8220;So we&#8217;re coming to talk about the First \u200cAmendment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) also condemned Kennedy&#8217;s\u2064 comments but acknowledged the importance of allowing him \u200bto testify, highlighting the\u200d need \u200dto address the selective shutdown \u200cof opposing viewpoints.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I\u200c mean,\u200d he&#8217;s a Democrat that&#8217;s coming before talking about \u2062how \u2063you&#8217;re seeing a kind of selective shutdown of opposing \u2062viewpoints by the Democrats,&#8221;\u200b Scalise explained. &#8220;I surely speak\u2062 out against\u2064 any kind of \u2062expressions of anti-Semitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the controversy\u2064 surrounding Kennedy&#8217;s remarks, the hearing provided a platform\u200c for a robust discussion on free\u200c speech and the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed allegations of antisemitism during a congressional hearing, defending his recent remarks about Jewish people. In a video, he claimed COVID-19 disproportionately affects specific races, calling it &#8220;ethnically targeted.&#8221; BIDEN TAKES NEW ACTION ON JUNK FEES, FOOD PRICES, AND CORPORATE. 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