{"id":583877,"date":"2023-07-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-put-rfk-jr-on-blast-in-change-of-strategy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T16:00:00","slug":"democrats-put-rfk-jr-on-blast-in-change-of-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-put-rfk-jr-on-blast-in-change-of-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats put RFK Jr. on blast in change of strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/kennedyjrrobert_072023gn09_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats are no longer trying to ignore Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and have taken to calling him out in public after a week of controversies.<\/p>\n<p>National party leaders for the first time acknowledged Kennedy\u2019s disruptive presidential bid with sharp criticism, and lawmakers met his claims of censorship head-on during his testimony on Capitol Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s a notable change from their previous <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach, in which Democratic leaders and party officials hoped Kennedy would simply fade away on his own. It also serves a purpose for President Biden, who has so far been cautious about addressing his primary rival directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn his own, he was doing a really good job of showing everyone his initials stood for Real F\u2014ing [K]razy, so made sense to let him be,\u201d said Eddie Vale, a strategist who has worked on numerous Democratic campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week was different and made sense for folks to engage, because of the combination of outright antisemitism and being a witness for Republicans\u2019 nonsense hearing,\u201d Vale said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy this week drew backlash for asserting without evidence that COVID-19 was \u201cethnically targeted\u201d \u2014 a claim infectious disease and ethics experts refuted. Kennedy was caught on video by a reporter saying Chinese people and Ashkenazi Jews were not targeted as much as other races, including Black and white people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never even believed that he was a legitimate candidate,\u201d said Arthur Caplan, a biomedical expert who\u2019s spoken out about the various public relations storms that have dominated Kennedy\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID just doesn\u2019t lend itself to being that kind of weapon,\u201d added Caplan, who has written extensively about bioweapons and viruses. \u201cI knew he was basically talking out of his rear end.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But while Kennedy has frequently\u00a0drawn negative attention\u00a0for his views on vaccines, his remarks this week seemed to\u00a0be even more offensive to many.\u00a0A wave of White House officials and congressional Democrats rushed to criticize Kennedy, accusing him of spreading misinformation and making antisemitic and racist comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a rare showing of condemnation toward a rival from the same side of the aisle, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took to the podium to portray Kennedy\u2019s comments as factually inaccurate and an \u201cattack\u201d on people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you think about the racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories that come out of saying those types of things, it is an attack on our fellow citizens, our fellow Americans,\u201d Jean-Pierre said on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that we essentially speak out when we hear those claims made more broadly,\u201d\u00a0she\u00a0added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), who heads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, called the candidate\u2019s COVID-19 comments \u201creprehensible\u201d and said they were disqualifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, RFK Jr. made reprehensible anti-semitic and anti-Asian comments aimed at perpetuating harmful and debunked racist tropes,\u201d DelBene said in a statement.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSuch dangerous racism and hate have no place in America, demonstrate him to be unfit for public office, and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Adding fuel to the fire for Democrats, Kennedy on Thursday testified before a House Judiciary select subcommittee examining the \u201cweaponization\u201d of the federal government, using the event to argue he was being censored despite receiving widespread coverage from major <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlets. Although House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) defended him, Democrats \u2014 led by Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) \u2014 made their disapproval of him clear.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) also waded into the intraparty conflict, questioning why the GOP would grant Kennedy a forum in Congress.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a congressional platform to spew his hatred? Here\u2019s the answer: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a living, breathing false-flag operation,\u201d the New York congressman said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The growing chorus of criticism poses a challenge for Kennedy, who always faced an uphill climb to defeat\u00a0Biden. But\u00a0the events of the past week could turn off even those voters who had been more open to his campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the feeling of many Democrats that Kennedy is playing into the hands of the GOP, former President Trump recently praised the insurgent candidate as \u201ca very smart person,\u201d saying he \u201chit a little bit of a nerve.\u201d Kennedy had expressed during a town hall hosted by NewsNation \u2014 owned by Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Group, which also owns The Hill \u2014 that he was \u201cproud\u201d Trump liked him.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHis whole campaign is being run by right-wing political operatives who have one objective: try to take down President Joe Biden,\u201d Jeffries argued this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n        The Hill Elections 2024 coverage<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That sentiment is shared by many others in the party. The Hill reported earlier this week that two pro-Israel House Democrats said he should\u00a0not be allowed to serve\u00a0in the Oval Office if elected following his COVID-19 remarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, Biden has been careful not to pile on, and some Democrats argue it\u2019s better to\u00a0disregard him again. Reached for comment, spokespeople from the Biden campaign and the White House also declined to comment on the record beyond what Jean-Pierre said at the podium this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>As long as he teeters around the same polling numbers, Democrats say they should continue paying him no mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it makes most sense to go back to ignoring him,\u201d Vale said. \u201cLet him just hang out with Steve Bannon and do weird push-ups in jeans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. 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