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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,920 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 05:47 PM Sep 2020

Robert F. Kennedy's Grandson Was the Whistleblower for Jared Kushner's COVID-19 Taskforce

Max Kennedy, Jr.—the grandson of former Senator, Attorney General, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy—has come forward in the New Yorker as the whistleblower who revealed the failings of Jared Kushner's COVID-19 task force.

The 26-year-old says he became involved in the Trump administration's coronavirus response effort after a friend recommended he volunteer for Kushner's task force; the President's son-in-law and senior advisor, the friend explained, was searching for young people who could work for free. Though Kennedy is a Democrat, he decided that joining the Republican-lead group was the right thing to do. "It was such an unprecedented time. It didn’t seem political—it seemed larger than the administration," he told the New Yorker.

But what he saw in his time working under Kushner compelled him to send an anonymous report to Congress detailing the inner workings of the the White House COVID-19 Supply-Chain Task Force—despite having signed a nondisclosure agreement. It "was like a family office meets organized crime, melded with Lord of the Flies," Kennedy said. "It was a government of chaos."

Kennedy says was shocked that he and a dozen other twenty-somethings with no experience in the medical sector were tasked with procuring much-needed PPE for the country, using their personal laptops and email addresses. "We were the team. We were the entire frontline team for the federal government." Kennedy added, "It was the number of people who show up to an after-school event, not to run the greatest crisis in a hundred years. It was such a mismatch of personnel. It was one of the largest mobilization problems ever. It was so unbelievably colossal and gargantuan. The fact that they didn’t want to get any more people was so upsetting."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/robert-f-kennedys-grandson-whistleblower-140400505.html

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Robert F. Kennedy's Grandson Was the Whistleblower for Jared Kushner's COVID-19 Taskforce (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
It's good to see that there are still Kennedys answering the call of humanitarian/patriotic duty Hekate Sep 2020 #1
Get thee to the greatest page RFN! malaise Sep 2020 #2
Good on you Max Kennedy! CountAllVotes Sep 2020 #3
Good for him Meowmee Sep 2020 #4
This is probably driving Trump and his crime family batshit crazy! n/t Raven Sep 2020 #5
Much gratitude to this brave young man. LuvJoesPartner Sep 2020 #6
We need more Maxes! Just more proof that this administration has no business having any Illumination Sep 2020 #7
Cannot Make It ANY Clearer Sierra89 Sep 2020 #8
K&R Blue Owl Sep 2020 #9
K&R! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #10

Hekate

(90,645 posts)
1. It's good to see that there are still Kennedys answering the call of humanitarian/patriotic duty
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 05:51 PM
Sep 2020

We owe Max Kennedy Jr a debt of gratitude for this.

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
7. We need more Maxes! Just more proof that this administration has no business having any
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:57 PM
Sep 2020

kind of power whatsoever! They've stolen the 2016 election & now they're trying to steal the 2020 election! My thanks to Max!...

Sierra89

(127 posts)
8. Cannot Make It ANY Clearer
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:15 PM
Sep 2020

that "Administration" has not a clue what TF they are doing. There are regulations and procedures involved with obtaining supply. To be so arrogant as to think they know better than Procurement Officers, properly trained and EXPERIENCED shows how obtuse jared and donnie are. They had NO business handling PPE in that manner. I am sure money or property was skimmed from the orders. Why else would they not assign such a duty properly? Rather than realize PPE was a necessity and an immediate concern, they saw dollar signs. Items were likely bought off contract at much higher prices than necessary. Federal dollars, YOUR TAX DOLLARS were likely wasted for incompetence and/or greed. The government negotiates contract pricing on items for a reason.

I am so very SICK of that bunch. I count off the days with anticipation for early voting and will fill out and walk in my ballot with glee.

Did I mention I'm sick of those entitlheed shits?

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