{"id":1982771,"date":"2023-07-25T22:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-antisemitism-allegations-after-covid-19-claim-hurt-me-deeply\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T22:43:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:43:41","slug":"rfk-jr-says-antisemitism-allegations-after-covid-19-claim-hurt-me-deeply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-antisemitism-allegations-after-covid-19-claim-hurt-me-deeply\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr deeply hurt by antisemitism allegations following COVID-19 claim."},"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\">20<\/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-says-antisemitism-allegations-after-covid-19-claim-hurt-me-deeply%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=1982771&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>Presidential Candidate Robert F. \u200dKennedy Jr. \u2064Addresses Antisemitism Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>Presidential\u2062 candidate \u200cRobert \u2062F. Kennedy\u200c Jr. \u200bexpressed deep hurt \u2064over allegations of\u2063 antisemitism following his remarks about COVID-19 being <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>. In a meeting\u2062 with Rabbi \u200bShmuley Boteach, Kennedy clarified \u200dhis controversial comments and highlighted his efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-signals-new-leadership-with-11-executive-actions-on-first-day\/\" title=\"Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Signals New Leadership with 11 Executive Actions on First Day\">combat antisemitism<\/a> and support Israel.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of a UPS Strike on the Economy<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200d fully understand the pain \u200ccaused\u2064 by antisemitism, and I have \u2062no intention of contributing to that narrative,&#8221; Kennedy stated. \u2062&#8221;I do\u2062 not want those who\u200b have suffered to believe that I endorse their pain. \u2062That&#8217;s why these allegations hurt me deeply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boteach questioned \u2062Kennedy about the\u2064 harmful nature of his comments regarding Jews\u2063 being\u2063 more resistant to COVID-19, drawing a parallel with\u200b historical accusations during the Black \u2064Death. \u200dKennedy\u200d acknowledged the harm\u2063 caused and admitted that he would not have discussed the issue in a public setting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was \u2063referring to an NIH-funded article published in 2021 by the Cleveland Clinic, which I\u200c had no involvement in,&#8221; Kennedy\u2062 explained. &#8220;I am aware of the history\u2062 of blood libels and how such information can\u200c be manipulated by malicious\u2062 individuals \u200dto incite hatred towards Jews.\u2064 I only \u2064discussed it in an event where Chatham\u2062 House rules applied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He\u200d further emphasized that the context of the discussion \u200bwas centered\u2062 around ethnic bioweapons, clarifying that Jewish people had no \u200cinvolvement in its production, as most gain-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-antisemitism-allegations-after-covid-19-claim-hurt-me-deeply\/\" title=\"RFK Jr deeply hurt by antisemitism allegations following COVID-19 claim.\">-function research occurred<\/a> in China.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation\u2064 then shifted to Israel and their shared concerns about\u200d the Democratic Party&#8217;s stance towards the nation. Kennedy pledged to be a staunchly pro-Israel president, expressing his \u200bdeep admiration for the Middle Eastern country and his desire to restore its image in the minds of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A significant part of \u200bmy campaign will involve educating the American\u2064 people about the \u2062fallacy of the anti-Israel viewpoint,&#8221; Kennedy declared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> for more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s comments echo his previous defenses regarding COVID-19,\u200b where he suggested that Ashkenazi Jews, along with Chinese individuals, appeared to\u200b be\u2063 less affected by the virus compared to\u2064 other\u2062 races.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, \u200dhe tweeted, &#8220;I have never, \u200bever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare\u200c Jews.&#8221; \u2063Instead, he clarified that he was highlighting the disproportionate impact \u2063of the virus on certain races and ethnicities as \u2063evidence of the concept of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-clan-turn-against-rfk-jr-for-deplorable-ethnically-targeted-covid-vaccine-claim\/\" title=\"Kennedy Clan denounces RFK Jr. for 'deplorable' and 'ethnically targeted' COVID vaccine statement.\">ethnically targeted bioweapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed deep distress over accusations of antisemitism following his suggestion that COVID-19 may have been ethnically directed. In a meeting with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Kennedy, who is challenging President Joe Biden in 2024, addressed the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982772,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1982771","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}