Jewish groups denounce RFK Jr.'s false remarks that Covid-19 was 'ethnically targeted' to spare Jews

[DemocratSinceBirth]

A number of high-profile Jewish groups are denouncing Democratic presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false remarks that “Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese” people are “most immune” to Covid-19.

Speaking at a dinner in New York City earlier this week, Kennedy said “there’s an argument that it is ethnically targeted,” according to video shared by the New York Post on Saturday.

“Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese,” Kennedy said, adding that “we don’t know whether it’s deliberately targeted that or not.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/politics/rfk-jr-covid-jewish-groups/index.html

[Srkdqltr]

1. That is so stupid.

People believe that stuff. Amazing

[marble falls]

2. That's about some foul hate shit right there.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Give him a week and he'll be talking about "Dancing Israelis".

[marble falls]

12. A LOT of people bought into that one.

[patphil]

4. It's so sad that this POS is the son of such a truly great American.

Sorry for the strong language, but I don't see him as a Democrat. He can call himself what he likes, but his words and actions put him deep into the right-wing camp.
The only good thing from all this is that each time he says something like this, it's less likely for him to take any votes from President Biden if he runs as an independent.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. At this point he'll take more votes away from Trump.

[patphil]

6. Maybe he secretly wants to be Trump's VP.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. His claim would be funny if it weren't so incredibly ignorant.

I mean, how exactly could you fix a disease to be targeted to spare Jews? They are simply not a separate group of people the way RFK jr seems to think. Clearly, he failed to genetics portion of his high school biology class.

[Haggard Celine]

8. I don't know if RFK Jr. is an idiot or if

he's trying to hoodwink others into believing his bullshit. I suppose it could be a little of both. The 2024 elections are going to be a mess!

[JohnSJ]

9. He is trying to capture the Lyndon LaRouche voters

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. all 89 of them

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

10. really horrible

[dalton99a]

13. RFK Jr. is a stupid, vile, lying piece of shit.

In a tweet Saturday, Kennedy said that the dinner conversation was supposed to be off the record and that he “never, ever suggested that the Covid-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews.” Rather, he said, he was referring to a study that “serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons.”

According to the New York Post, the event’s organizer, Doug Dechert, said the event had been on the record.

[JanMichael]

14. If anything the 85% vaccination rate clearly played a role.

At least in America the Jewish population is 85% vaccinated.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Hakeem Jeffries' statement on the RFK Jr.'s vile antisemitic trope and xenophobic conspiracy theory

Link to tweet

[bluesbassman]

16. I call bullshit. He's no "contender".

He’s a blip, and a rather stupid one at that. CNN proves once again what their agenda really is.