RFK Jr. Branded 'Antisemite of the Week' by Jewish Watchdog Stop Antisemitism. Kennedy said "COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people," and that those who were immune were Ashkenazi Jews, a Jewish ethnic group with its origins in parts of Europe, as well as people of Chinese origin.
In 2015, he visited Louis Farrakhan and hailed him a "truly great partner" for his involvement in pushing vaccine theories targeting African Americans. He later continued to collaborate with the Nation of Islam on vaccine issues and claimed he was not aware of Farrakhan's history of antisemitism at the time.
n 2022, RFK Jr. issued an apology for his remarks insinuating that the conditions under the COVID-19 restrictions were more severe than those endured by Anne Frank's experiences during the Holocaust.
Last month, RFK Jr. also defended bigot Roger Waters last month for his continued antisemitism online and throughout his concerts, tweeting “Roger you are the global hero Orwell had in mind when he said "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”.
Last year, RFK Jr. was forced to apologize for invoking Anne Frank to say COVID restrictions were less severe than Nazi Germany's," Stop Antisemitism told Newsweek.
And just weeks before his Congressional testimony, RFK Jr. met with ASOTW rapper Ice Cube, a supporter of the Black Hebrew Israelites hate group. This pattern of associating with known antisemites belies any apology from RFK Jr. Additionally, blaming Jews for disease, or alleging they are unaffected by a pandemic, evokes antisemitic tropes that date to the Black Plague and before.
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