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xabriel

(16 posts)
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 04:44 PM Jun 2023

RFK Jr heaps praise on Elon Musk saying he is 'rescuing American Democracy' during Twitter event

Source: The Independent

Presidential candidate and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr heaped praise on Twitter owner Elon Musk for defending free speech, during a Twitter spaces event with the executive on Monday afternoon.

Mr Kennedy, who has long promoted the discredited theory that vaccines play a role in causing autism, participated in a Twitter Spaces event on Monday and praised Mr Muk for his stewardship of the social media giant for supposedly stopping censorship of voices that dissent from orthodoxy.

“I just want to tell you how much I admire you for that and how grateful I am on behalf of my country,” he said. “You would come here from another country and be a key instrument for rescuing American democracy and freedom of speech.”

The forum is the second such event that Mr Musk has hosted with a presidential hopeful. Last month, Mr Musk hosted a Twitter Sspaces forum with Florida Gov Ron DeSantis as he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president in 2024.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-elon-musk-twitter-space-b2351893.html



Republican Elon Musk is not promoting RFK because they have similar views.He's promoting him because he wants to take votes away from Biden to help his republican party.
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RFK Jr heaps praise on Elon Musk saying he is 'rescuing American Democracy' during Twitter event (Original Post) xabriel Jun 2023 OP
Worse than a scene from The Exorcist. Nt BootinUp Jun 2023 #1
Yup... If I am as mortified as I am, I can't imagine his family--all who have distanced themselves hlthe2b Jun 2023 #2
Am surprised Rebl2 Jun 2023 #5
Actually, his wife Cheryl spoke on Spaces womanofthehills Jun 2023 #14
Apparently, he and the kids are one heppy family Warpy Jun 2023 #18
He has been one of the top environmental lawyers for over 30 yrs womanofthehills Jun 2023 #24
a fucking disgrace to the family name.... bahboo Jun 2023 #3
This! ☝️ onetexan Jun 2023 #20
Yup. 2naSalit Jun 2023 #22
"Vaccines cause autism" was NOT "discredited" and was NOT a "theory"... AZ8theist Jun 2023 #4
So fucking SAD! bluestarone Jun 2023 #6
Musk and his collective bag of @$$holes. CentralMass Jun 2023 #7
Oh BARF! DemocraticPatriot Jun 2023 #8
He is a friggin traitor and I will work to make sure the good friend of Bannon, Stone and Flynn kimbutgar Jun 2023 #9
What an idiot! No wonder his siblings are ashamed of him. nt pnwmom Jun 2023 #10
Lunatic. Evolve Dammit Jun 2023 #11
Mentally infirm. The Wizard Jun 2023 #12
I feel so badly for his mother. TNNurse Jun 2023 #13
Demented, delusional asshole dalton99a Jun 2023 #15
Isnt this the anniversary of his father's death? milestogo Jun 2023 #16
55 years tonight. JenniferJuniper Jun 2023 #17
At least now we can be pretty sure where RFK Jr got the money to launch his campaign. Demnation Jun 2023 #19
Absolutely! 2naSalit Jun 2023 #23
I enjoy drugs as much as the next guy, but... LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #21
He recently said he hasn't done heroin since 1987 womanofthehills Jun 2023 #25

hlthe2b

(101,715 posts)
2. Yup... If I am as mortified as I am, I can't imagine his family--all who have distanced themselves
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 04:55 PM
Jun 2023

and if there is a capacity for his late father and uncle to "see" this, well...

His wife Cheryl Hines is a great progressive and besties with Larry David. I cannot imagine how she (and her marriage) will get through this.

womanofthehills

(8,579 posts)
14. Actually, his wife Cheryl spoke on Spaces
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 10:30 PM
Jun 2023

She said she was happy seeing RKJ in his element . (Not exact words but something like that). Between his kids and her daughter, I think there are around 7 kids. A few months ago he said his kids work for him.

Interesting- Jack Dorsey just endorsed RFK Jr.

I don’t believe Elon has endorsed anyone. I think Marianne Williamson will be on Spaces with Elon next.

Warpy

(110,907 posts)
18. Apparently, he and the kids are one heppy family
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 12:36 AM
Jun 2023

at least to hear how he and his wife tell it.

I think if there's an afterlife, his dad is waiting for him with a rolled up newspaper.

womanofthehills

(8,579 posts)
24. He has been one of the top environmental lawyers for over 30 yrs
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 11:23 AM
Jun 2023

Cleaning up rivers, representing poor people in toxic communities, recently getting millions of dollars for those who were injured by Roundup (glyphosate) plus he’s currently representing over a thousand people near East Palestine.

AZ8theist

(5,339 posts)
4. "Vaccines cause autism" was NOT "discredited" and was NOT a "theory"...
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 05:11 PM
Jun 2023
IT WAS COMPLETELY DEBUNKED BULLSHIT.

The original paper, published by the Lancet, was retracted after it was found that the author, Andrew Wakefield, was a fraud and had financial ties to a competing MMR vaccine. (Wakefield subsequently lost his medical license) In addition to an unbelievably flawed study. But that's all it took for conspiracy nut-jobs like Robert Kennedy Jr to make a ridiculous career out of it. Subsequent trials PROVED MMR had no ties to onset autism, yet millions of idiots continue to campaign on it. Not getting children vaccinated has led to an increase of DEATHS from easily vaccinated and preventable disease.

There is, unfortunately, no shortage of stupid in America.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/

While this site is no longer active, it provides some good info:
https://www.jennymccarthybodycount.com/

And for those of you who don't know what a SCIENTIFIC THEORY is:
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/what-do-we-mean-theory-science

kimbutgar

(20,876 posts)
9. He is a friggin traitor and I will work to make sure the good friend of Bannon, Stone and Flynn
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 07:06 PM
Jun 2023

Never sets foot in the White House.

JenniferJuniper

(4,496 posts)
17. 55 years tonight.
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 11:20 PM
Jun 2023

Maybe if he's father had lived his namesake wouldn't have turned out to be such a loser.

2naSalit

(86,053 posts)
23. Absolutely!
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 08:24 AM
Jun 2023

I was going to say that but you already did. It's also possible that the "candidate" has been cut off from much of the family wealth and a big infusion of cash may be what convinced him to run.

At any rate, what a sad asshole. I wonder if he was abused by clergy and he flipped out or something. Whatever it was, those who are backing him now selected him for a number of reasons, one of which is the absolute offense to the institution of elections.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
21. I enjoy drugs as much as the next guy, but...
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 03:53 AM
Jun 2023

Junior has done way too many of them.

He seems to have lost his capacity for critical thought…if he ever had any to begin with.

womanofthehills

(8,579 posts)
25. He recently said he hasn't done heroin since 1987
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 11:32 AM
Jun 2023

He is big into AAA - since the late 80’s, he tries to go to an AAA meeting every day.

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