{"id":1997985,"date":"2023-08-11T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-actor-woody-harrelson-dons-kennedy-2024-hat-appearing-to-boost-democrat-primarying-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:02:48","slug":"hollywood-actor-woody-harrelson-dons-kennedy-2024-hat-appearing-to-boost-democrat-primarying-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-actor-woody-harrelson-dons-kennedy-2024-hat-appearing-to-boost-democrat-primarying-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Woody Harrelson supports Kennedy 2024, potentially challenging Biden in Democrat primary."},"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%2Fhollywood-actor-woody-harrelson-dons-kennedy-2024-hat-appearing-to-boost-democrat-primarying-biden%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=1997985&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Hollywood\u2064 film actor \u200cWoody Harrelson appeared to throw his support behind Democratic presidential\u2063 candidate Robert\u200c F. Kennedy Jr., donning\u2063 a Kennedy \u200b2024 cap and posing in a recent photo with Mr.\u2063 Kennedy&#8217;s wife, actress Cheryl \u2064Hines.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the &#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm&#8221; actress shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvxH43trev4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo<\/a> on Instagram alongside \u200cMr. Harrelson, with the caption, &#8220;Great seeing you \u200cWoody.&#8221; Her caption then\u2064 called further attention \u2062to Mr. Harrelson&#8217;s Kennedy 2024 cap, with the &#8220;#friends #hats #rfkjr.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Ms. \u2062Hines&#8217;s Instagram post strongly implied Mr. Harrelson&#8217;s endorsement of her husband&#8217;s presidential\u200c campaign, Mr. Harrelson has \u200cyet to \u2064address the matter directly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/democrats-urge-house-gop-not-to-cut-food-stamps-program-5450071\">Democrats Urge House\u200b GOP\u200d Not to Cut Food Stamps Program<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/democrats-urge-house-gop-not-to-cut-food-stamps-program-5450071\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-democrats-bill-would-impose-1000-percent-excise-tax-on-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines-5448863\">House \u200cDemocrats&#8217; \u200dBill Would Impose\u200c 1,000 Percent Excise Tax on \u2018Assault Weapons,\u2019 \u200c\u2018High-Capacity\u2019 Magazines<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-democrats-bill-would-impose-1000-percent-excise-tax-on-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines-5448863\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NTD News reached out to\u200d Mr. Harrelson&#8217;s \u200crepresentatives \u2062for \u2064comment but they did not answer by the time \u200dthis article was published.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy is a graduate of\u200b Harvard University and has led a career as an environmental lawyer, successfully suing government agencies and companies accused of contaminating waterways. Mr. Kennedy also\u2064 founded Children&#8217;s\u200b Health\u200d Defense, which has criticized certain vaccines and advocated for health freedom and \u200bbodily autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy is currently challenging the Democratic \u200dincumbent, President Joe Biden, \u2063for\u2063 the party&#8217;s 2024 presidential nomination, as is author Marianne Williamson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u2062Real Clear Politics polling\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/24_democratic_presidential_nomination-8171.html#polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average<\/a> \u200b shows Mr. Kennedy trailing Mr. Biden by about \u206350 points on average, \u200cthough\u200b some polls have shown the Democratic challenger\u200c with\u2062 as much as 20 percent of the Democratic base.<\/p>\n<h2>Fans React To Harrelson Photo<\/h2>\n<p>The Instagram post has garnered more\u2064 than 15 thousand likes in the past day, as well as more \u200bthan 1,000 comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Omgosh this makes me so happy!&#8221; author and podcaster Cathy\u200b Heller\u2064 wrote, with clapping emojis. &#8220;The\u2063 support is going to be rolling out more and more as people\u200c begin \u200dto share how they really feel.\u200d I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RFK, Jr\u2063 has got my vote and my \u206393 year old momma\u2019s vote. The future First\u200c Lady is mighty cool too\u2026and so is Woody!&#8221; read\u200d another reply comment.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063some comments celebrated the endorsement, others\u2064 ridiculed Mr. Kennedy, Ms. \u2063Hines, \u2062and Mr. Harrelson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Woody, I \u2064love you,\u2063 but I \u2062can\u2019t be\u200c on your side politically, since a Kennedy\u2062 candidacy could \u2064potentially give us Trump \u2064again!&#8221; \u200bread another\u2064 reply \u200bcomment. &#8220;Politics \u200dsucks [expletive] these days, but\u200b I\u2019m just biting my\u2062 tongue and voting Biden again, as it\u2019s the only viable way of moving \u200dour democracy forward. I \u2062really wish we had another\u200c Obama this \u2063time\u200c around, but it is what it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another reply comment read,\u2063 &#8220;My enthusiasm is curbed,&#8221; in \u200dan apparent \u200dreference to Ms.\u2063 Hines&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>One commenter wrote, &#8220;RFK Jr\u2063 has \u2062lost his \u2062mind. I used to follow\u200c his environmental law work \u200cback in the day. \u200bHe is just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-actor-woody-harrelson-dons-kennedy-2024-hat-appearing-to-boost-democrat-primarying-biden\/\" title=\"Woody Harrelson supports Kennedy 2024, potentially challenging Biden in Democrat primary.\">anti-vax\/anti-science nutcase<\/a>. Might as \u200cwell be \u200csupporting MAGA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Harrelson and Kennedy Criticized for Vaccines Stances<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Harrelson and Mr. Kennedy have both been critical of the COVID-19 \u200dvaccine rollout.<\/p>\n<p>While hosting &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; in February, Mr. \u2063Harrelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/entertainment\/anti-mandate-hollywood-speaks-up-against-covid-vaccine-5083894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to mock COVID-19 \u200dlockdowns and vaccine mandates<\/a>, describing how he rejected a movie script\u2062 as too \u200cunbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The movie\u200b goes \u200blike this\u2014the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/based-woody-harrelson-ridicules-covid-drug-cartels-and-lockdowns-on-snl\/\" title=\"\u2018Based\u2019 Woody Harrelson Ridicules COVID \u2018Drug Cartels\u2019 And Lockdowns On \u2018SNL\u2019\">biggest drug cartels<\/a> in\u200c the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians, and force all the people in \u200bthe world\u2064 to \u2062stay locked in their homes\u2014and people only can come out if they take \u200cthe cartels\u2019 drugs and keep taking them over \u2064and over,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I \u200cthrew the \u2064script away\u2014I mean who\u2019s going to believe\u200c that crazy\u200b idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his monologue, some social media commentators\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ballark\/status\/1629814218282221570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Mr. Harrelson&#8217;s \u200dcomments, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maddenifico\/status\/1629881111059865603?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as well as SNL<\/a> for hosting\u200c him.<\/p>\n<p>While campaigning, Mr. Kennedy has been \u2062asked about his own views on vaccines,\u2062 only for \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">news outlets<\/a> to cut away\u2063 from his critical remarks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/another-news-outlet-cuts-off-robert-kennedy-jr-during-comments-about-covid-vaccines-5233041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on more \u200bthan one occasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy&#8217;s vaccine\u2064 stance has put him at odds with other members of \u200bhis party. According to findings in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-doctor-says-he-purposefully-broke-pro-life-law-performed-illegal-abortion\/\" title=\"Texas Doctor Says He Purposefully Broke Pro-Life Law, Performed Illegal Abortion\">ongoing federal lawsuit<\/a> in \u200bLouisiana, members of Mr. Biden&#8217;s White House staff \u2063contacted officials \u200dat Twitter, flagging comments \u2064Mr. Kennedy made about vaccines. One of Mr. Kennedy&#8217;s Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1352748139665645569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posts<\/a> raised suspicion about how baseball hall-of-famer Hank Aaron died after receiving a \u200bCOVID-19\u2063 vaccine. A Biden White House \u2064official emailed Twitter officials about the post, <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.mo.gov\/docs\/default-source\/press-releases\/robert-kennedy.pdf?sfvrsn=702a27d1_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing,<\/a> &#8220;Hey folks-Wanted to flag \u2062the below tweet and\u200d am wondering if \u200dwe can get moving on the\u200c process of having it\u200b removed\u200d ASAP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the House \u200dSelect Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government invited Mr. Kennedy to testify about the White House efforts to censor his posts, but Democrats on the panel fought<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woody Harrelson, a Hollywood actor, showed his endorsement for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate. He sported a Kennedy 2024 cap and posed with Kennedy&#8217;s wife, Cheryl Hines, in a recent photo. 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