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RED FLAG: Oh please, anti-vaxxer RFK is as much a Democrat as Trump is a Republican

RED FLAG: Oh please, anti-vaxxer RFK is as much a Democrat as Trump is a Republican

RED FLAG: Oh please, anti-vaxxer RFK is as much a Democrat as Trump is a Republican

Prominent anti-vaccine propaganda pusher Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced he’s running for President in 2024 as a Democrat, causing some to question what his real motive is.

According to Robert Costa, chief election correspondent for CBS News, sources close to the matter claim former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is behind the shocking news.

Son of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of assassinated president John F. Kennedy, the anti-vaccine activist took a hard right turn over a decade and a half ago, after becoming convinced that vaccines were harmful.

Kennedy became popular with the MAGA crowd during the height of the pandemic.

The 69-year-old Kennedy’s public criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci went over well with the anti-vaccine, anti-mandate crowd.

As part of a Democratic political dynasty, Kennedy’s association with prominent allies of ex-President Donald Trump has raised more than a few eyebrows.

Founder of the charity Children’s Health Defense, Kennedy has used his platform and money to peddle debunked and blatantly false vaccine misinformation.

“It is criminal medical malpractice to give a child one of these vaccines,” Kennedy said at a speaking event in Southern California two years ago.

While Kennedy may have the support of hardline Republicans like Bannon and Roger Stone, how that will play on the national stage against President Joe Biden remains to be seen.

With Trump’s recent indictment and arrest — and Governor DeSantis (R-FL) continuing to lose to his former mentor in polls — Kennedy announcing that he will primary President Biden — and not the twice-impeached former President — could be a way for Republicans to peel enough conservative Democratic votes in 2024 to regain control of the White House.

An election-denying, anti-vaccine propaganda spreader isn’t the man America needs as it still recovers from the previous administration.

Hopefully Kennedy’s campaign doesn’t get traction and Democrats can focus on 2024 with a clear and concise agenda in the continued fight to save democracy.

Original reporting by Michelle L. Price at the Associated Press, and H/T @costareports.

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Ty Ross
News journalist for Occupy Democrats.

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