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RFK Jr. attempts to walk back controversial remarks that COVID-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ (thehill.com)
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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attempted to walk back his controversial remarks suggesting that COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people on Saturday.

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[–] matjoeman@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are we giving this guy any attention?

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Because certain parts of the media are desperate to prop up a far right pushed crazy asshole as an opponent for Biden on the left to try to pull away votes to give the right a better shot at barely making it over the line again with a candidate that has historical unapproval metrics.