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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held his first national town hall on June 28, hosted by NewsNation, where he repeated his controversial belief that vaccinations can cause autism. He claimed vaccinations “are not safely tested” and that government agencies that claim otherwise are lying.
Straight Arrow News contributor David Pakman finds Bobby Kennedy Jr. uniquely unqualified for office.
It’s great that I agree with Bobby Kennedy in some areas. But when he says that there are 100 studies that say vaccines cause autism, and then we look, and the 100 studies are debunked studies, flawed studies, studies not actually about vaccines and autism that are included on a list of supposed proof that vaccines cause autism, et cetera — and you go, ‘This talking point? Bobby Kennedy Jr. has fallen for this talking point?’ That’s really scary. And to me, it’s uniquely disqualifying.
Bobby Kennedy Jr. recently had a health policy summit with such vectors of disinformation as Joseph Mercola and Sherri Tenpenny. Look them up. I’ve talked about them on my program before. These are dangerous spreaders of disinformation. And he had a health policy roundtable with them. And by the way, during that health policy roundtable, Bobby Kennedy Jr. said that vaccine research is responsible for HIV, RSV, Lyme disease and the Spanish flu. None of those things are true.
That’s crazy. And so even if I agree we need a higher minimum wage, it’s very difficult to see myself voting for someone who holds those beliefs.
