{"id":2211950,"date":"2024-04-03T04:16:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T08:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-is-right-about-joe-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T04:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T08:16:51","slug":"rfk-jr-is-right-about-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-is-right-about-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr.&#8217;s Accurate Assessment of Joe Biden"},"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\">14<\/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-is-right-about-joe-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=2211950&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--><p>The text highlights \u200dRFK Jr.&#8217;s viewpoint on Joe Biden&#8217;s actions regarding free expression and constitutional \u2063order, as well as Biden&#8217;s influence on censorship \u200cthrough\u200d federal agencies\u2062 and communication companies. It delves into the complexities of state intervention in speech regulation, emphasizing concerns over freedom of expression and government overreach in silencing dissenting voices. The passage sheds light on RFK Jr.&#8217;s \u2064perspective regarding \u2062Joe Biden&#8217;s impact on \u200bfree speech and constitutional principles. It explores \u2063Biden&#8217;s \u200brole in censorship through governmental bodies and media platforms, underscoring the implications of state\u2062 involvement in controlling speech and suppressing opposing viewpoints, raising significant questions about the boundaries of\u2063 freedom \u200bof \u200dexpression\u200c and the risk of governmental infringement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>RFK Jr. can be an unhinged leftist and crackpot, but he also happens to be correct about Joe Biden\u2019s attacks on constitutional order, particularly free expression.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to an incredulous Erin Burnett on CNN this week, Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/04\/02\/rfk_jr_says_biden_is_much_worse_threat_to_democracy_that_trump_weaponization_censorship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a> that Biden was a bigger threat to \u201cdemocracy\u201d than Donald Trump, a position that clashes with the media\u2019s entire 2024 campaign messaging.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-737548392\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-be3cbe5a7f8d9f7a210ab29c58ec0b50 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-be3cbe5a7f8d9f7a210ab29c58ec0b50\"><\/div>\n<p>In a more decent world, we\u2019d be debating which presidential candidate was better at upholding the constitutional order, rather than which one was worse. That is not our fate. And yet, the unique thing about the 2024 presidential contest is that voters are given a chance to compare existing presidential records.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy contends that Biden \u201cis the first candidate in history, the first president in history that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech or censor his opponent.\u201d One suspects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/fiery-socialist-challenged-nations-role-wwi-180969386\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eugene Debs<\/a> might quibble with this characterization, though not since the <a href=\"https:\/\/firstamendment.mtsu.edu\/article\/committee-on-public-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Committee on Public Information<\/a> has there been a White House that has shown such disdain for free expression and debate.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is the first president to openly and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/27\/emails-biden-white-house-pressured-big-tech-censors-to-remove-vaxx-memes-tucker-carlson-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretly<\/a> pressure major communication companies to take direction and work in conjunction with state agencies to censor debate.<\/p>\n<p>The same left-wingers who do not believe in any limiting principles while regulating economic life will lecture us about how so-called platforms are free to work with anyone they please, including the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3968575d58a4f8be65e727a1e9963a35 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3968575d58a4f8be65e727a1e9963a35\"><\/div>\n<p>OK, but tech companies also spend tens of millions each year in Washington rent-seeking and lobbying for favorable regulations. They are highly susceptible to state intimidation. When Biden deputizes massive communication companies to act as censors, he\u2019s merely taking a shortcut in the suppression of speech that undercuts, at the very minimum, the spirit and purpose of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>One might even call this brand of state-corporate relationship \u201csemi-fascist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RFK is right that the Biden administration engaged in censorship through agencies, but it wasn\u2019t exactly a secret. Recall Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/07\/15\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-surgeon-general-dr-vivek-h-murthy-july-15-2021\/#:~:text=We're%20flagging%20problematic%20posts,information%20and%20boost%20trusted%20content.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informing<\/a> us that the White House was \u201cflagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/they-re-killing-people-biden-blames-facebook-other-social-media-n1274232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> that allowing unfettered speech on Facebook during Covid was \u201ckilling people.\u201d Just contemplate the media\u2019s reaction if Trump\u2019s White House had been keeping lists of \u201cproblematic\u201d posts.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, as well, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/20\/white-house-social-networks-should-be-held-accountable-for-spreading-misinfo.html\">warning<\/a> that social media companies \u201cshould be held accountable\u201d for the ideas of those who use their websites. Was she talking about the ideas that spurred the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots, the most expensive in history? Was she talking about those who spread conspiracy theories about Russian collusion? Probably not. Though Trump never did anything to inhibit the spread of criticism or conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ecb5ecf57b2533b01c9c1a55c0cfb190 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ecb5ecf57b2533b01c9c1a55c0cfb190\"><\/div>\n<p>The practical problem with allowing the state to dictate speech is that it will surely abuse the power by tagging inconvenient positions as \u201cdisinformation,\u201d as it did with the Hunter Biden laptop story and as it did when pressuring Facebook to ban stories on the Chinese origins of Covid. Even if this were not the case, the state has no business guiding, engaging in, or suggesting any limits on free expression \u2014 even when it comes to real misinformation or disinformation. The president swore an oath to the Constitution,\u00a0not the consensus of \u201cexperts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But look at me naively prattling on about neutral principles. There is no uproar when Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-establishes-a-ministry-of-truth-disinformation-governance-board-partisan-11651432312\">creates<\/a> a Ministry of Truth to combat alleged disinformation because the media are uninterested in neutrality of free expression. Partisan legionnaires like Philip Bump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/02\/rfk-jr-biden-trump-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">note<\/a> that \u201cMisinformation-spouting RFK Jr. muses that Biden is a threat to democracy,\u201d as if these assertions are somehow in conflict. Most of the attacks on RFK\u2019s comments by \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/2024\/04\/02\/rfk-jr-biden-trump-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experts and historians<\/a>\u201d do nothing to dispel the contention that the president works to censor Americans.<\/p>\n<p>One gets the sense, in fact, that just like Ketanji Brown Jackson, most Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLandrith\/status\/1770173571803066844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">believe<\/a> the state dictating speech (as long as it\u2019s run by the left) is both necessary and good for \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Me? I don\u2019t believe questioning public health officials is any kind of threat to the constitutional order. Nor is questioning the outcome of elections. Not if you do so within the system and a court exists that will stop illegitimate attempts to take it \u2014 as it did, for instance, when Al Gore tried it in 2000. (Biden, incidentally, continues to smear, delegitimize, and ignore that court whenever convenient.)<\/p>\n<p>The biggest threat to \u201cdemocracy\u201d \u2014 if by democracy we still mean the Constitution \u2014 is when the powerful ignore limits of the state with impunity. From that perspective, Biden has been a cancer on \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The left rationalizes and often justifies his authoritarianism by noting the existence of Trump. Even if the former president were as bad as Democrats claim, there is a slew of institutions ready to stop him. Biden? Those institutions cheer on his abuses. And that alone makes him more dangerous. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-60cdf209bb96bfaa9d70b1ef1e20f944 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-60cdf209bb96bfaa9d70b1ef1e20f944\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RFK Jr., known for his controversial views, made a valid point on Joe Biden&#8217;s impact on constitutional order, notably on free expression. In a recent CNN interview, Kennedy argued that Biden poses a larger threat to democracy than Trump, contrary to mainstream media narratives. This perspective challenges conventional opinions on the matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2211951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-02-at-10.10.37%E2%80%AFAM-1024x714.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-02-at-10.10.37%E2%80%AFAM-1024x714.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211950","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\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}