The longshot Democratic presidential candidate faces a grilling from members of his own party while testifying before a GOP-led House committee.
Lauded by Republicans
Kennedy was welcomed to the hearing with a lengthy, almost reverential introduction by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, began the hearing by claiming that Kennedy had been censored by the White House just a few days into President Biden’s term. He pointed to an email sent Jan. 23, 2021, by a midlevel staffer in the Biden White House to a Twitter official.that Kennedy had written the previous day calling the death of baseball legend Hank Aaron at age 86 “suspicious” because he died a few weeks after receiving the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19.
Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Democratic delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands Stacey Plaskett preside over the hearing. by the Fulton County, Ga., medical examiner's office to have been due to natural causes.Jordan, the Republican committee chair, used this as an example of “Big Government” colluding with “Big Tech” to silence views they don’t like.
he was “the first person, as the chairman pointed out, censored by the Biden administration.” He said he had also been “censored by the Trump administration,” though he did not provide an example.It took hours for any Democrat on the committee to point out that, in fact, Kennedy’s tweet about Aaron was never removed. It“How can the government actually censor anyone if there's enough freedom within these companies ... that they reject whatever request that government makes?” asked Rep.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before House Weaponization SubcommitteeRobert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government amid controversy surrounding his views on COVID-19. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from ABC, thehill, and FoxNews:
Read more »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s COVID-19 comments blasted as 'vile,' 'racist'Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under fire after he floated a conspiracy theory that COVID-19 is “ethnically targeted” to disproportionately attack white and Black people while Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people are most immune.
Read more »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr vows to back US dollar with Bitcoin if elected presidentDemocratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr says he will back the U.S. dollar with Bitcoin if elected President, claiming the move could “rein in inflation.”
Read more »
Jim Jordan hearing with Robert Kennedy Jr. is a series of explosive moments'I have never been anti-vax. I have never told the public to avoid vaccination,' Kennedy Jr. said at the hearing on Thursday.
Read more »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Denies Antisemitism Charge at Contentious HearingThe Democratic presidential candidate told lawmakers he was the victim of censorship by social media and members of his party while defending himself against charges of antisemitism.
Read more »