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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDNC Statement on RFK Jr Saying President Biden is a bigger threat to Democracy than TFG
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Orrex
(63,702 posts)He used to enjoy a certain prestige here among our antivax contingent, but Im pleased to see that DU has largely recognized him as the purveyor of bullshit that he is.
Lovie777
(13,844 posts)his goal is to deter the younger voters, which will not work and puts him with shithole.
TBF
(33,207 posts)I wish he would listen to his family and not do this. But he has an ego and a lot of $$$, so he is being Ross Perot ...
AllaN01Bear
(22,149 posts)edhopper
(34,381 posts)that he is running just to help Trump.
Shermann
(8,148 posts)LakeArenal
(29,519 posts)His own huge family isnt voting for him. Thats very telling to a lot of people.
Elessar Zappa
(15,095 posts)Hell mostly get the anti-vax loons and most of them are right wingers.
LuvLoogie
(7,388 posts)Omnipresent
(6,083 posts)Seems to go more towards supporters of tfg.
Wont remarks like that, take a few voters away from tfg?
PurgedVoter
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Under Trump you could make up medicines, they could be chemicals from the laundry or stuff from under the sink. You could use stuff for horses. It didn't matter, there was freedom and you could say anything about about medicine you wanted. They let you do it. Now they made up all these new rules that say stuff has to be proven and tested. That isn't how the founding fathers did things, none of it was proven or tested.
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AllaN01Bear
(22,149 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,388 posts)But the TikTok ban legislation is a stupid move. Very short-sighted.
soldierant
(7,613 posts)Considering national securoty, maybe not so much.
ShazzieB
(17,843 posts)He's not trying to get rid of TikTok anyway. He just wants TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to divest their U.S. assets, because of what many think are legitimate concerns about national security.
Is it politically popular? Of course not. That doesn't necessarily mean it's stupid.
soldierant
(7,613 posts)And I am one of the many you mention.
ShazzieB
(17,843 posts)National security is serious business. I think all of us here at DU have been very upset about Trump endangering our national security. Why anyone here would wave away TikTok as being of no concern is beyond me.
soldierant
(7,613 posts)They see it as tomething fun and light hearted and nothing more. And that despite all the publicity about dat being stolen through all social netwotking sites. I know, you get it and I get it, but some just don't. Or they think it won't happen to them.
Ohioboy
(3,374 posts)Plus, Biden wasn't even president during the time Trump was promoting things like Ivermectin.
KS Toronado
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CaptainTruth
(7,068 posts)The guy is delusional.
patphil
(6,687 posts)In the end, I'm betting the mouth wins.
Brother Buzz
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no_hypocrisy
(47,935 posts)RFK, Jr.?
thesquanderer
(12,231 posts)Quanto Magnus
(962 posts)thesquanderer
(12,231 posts)i.e. see:
https://www.usatoday.com/elections/voter-guide/2024-11-05/candidate/robert-f-kennedy
environmentalism, pro-union, $15 minimum wage, expanded free childcare, police emphasis on de-escalation, etc.
4lbs
(7,137 posts)What has he done in the last 10 years that has proven that "socially left" crap they are trying to spew?
What bills has he voted YES on in Congress that furthers that?
In 2017, he almost accepted a position in Dumpy's Admin.
Currently, he is very anti-vax and makes false claims to that effect.
EDIT:
Oh, and "not too old"? Dude is 70 years old.
But hey, 81 years is "too old" ?
GMAFB.
thesquanderer
(12,231 posts)And yes, to people who think 81 is too old, 70 can be more acceptable. Eleven years is not an insignificant difference. A 70-year old could coplete two terms and still be younger than Biden is today. It's also a perception thing... if you watch him, he seems substantially younger than Biden.
And if you don't like USA Today, fine, pick your source. He is consistently lefty on numerous social issues, particularly economic and environmental policy,. (Obviously, all bets are off when you get to the vaccine lunacy.)
Look, I'm not defending him, I'm certainly not going to vote for him. But the question was why someone might. Don't shoot the messenger.
DLCWIdem
(1,580 posts)He was acting like he was the left progressive to the young until they found out he was not for a cease fire in Gaza and for Nutty ahoo.
twodogsbarking
(11,502 posts)Seasider
(172 posts)RFK Jr should know this as his antivax rhetoric caused the deaths of several children in American Samoa.
IronLionZion
(46,572 posts)They both have the dumbest supporters susceptible to manipulation and paranoia.
JohnSJ
(94,630 posts)They can both go to hell
Cha
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keep_left
(2,104 posts)...we're all a little saner and safer, without constant threats of violence and revolution all because someone online didn't like vaccines or free elections. "Deplatforming" even rid of us of losers like "Roosh V" who finally had to grow up and get a job once the MRA/PUA gravy train came to a dead end. (He's also an admitted sex tourist/rapist, so it put an end to that as well). I for one am glad for the weeping and gnashing of teeth of incels and fascists the world over now that they don't have an easy platform to watch the world burn--and to contribute to the conflagration.
malthaussen
(17,498 posts)That's rhetorical, BTW. He's not the sort to hide his light under a bushel.
-- Mal
Arthur_Frain
(1,997 posts)Hes mentally ill. Theres a great deal of untreated mental illness in our nation, and we should use examples like rfk and tfg to point this out endlessly.
Warpy
(112,690 posts):RFK, Jr. says a lot of really stupid things. Intelligent people know not to listen."
BootinUp
(48,269 posts)kellytore
(198 posts)I ran into quite a few MAGA crazies at different events I attended, but the anti vax folks were the most outrageous. They worked closely together to interrupt and cause distractions where ever the Democratic Party of Georgia had meetings. This was my very first encounter with these folks and I had never realized how brainwashed these people are. I would say at least 90% of them were Trump voters.
mcar
(43,176 posts)Cha
(302,367 posts)![](/emoticons/nuke.gif)
Thata's what Fucking Sarandon said about Hillary... MFS
betsuni
(26,988 posts)Fewer suckers this time, though.
Cha
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Hermit-The-Prog
(36,123 posts)Cha
(302,367 posts)since he started his Gaslit Shit Against Our Dem Party.
hueymahl
(2,619 posts)We should probably be trying to understand why he is attracting an audience..
TBF
(33,207 posts)except for the looney anti-vax stuff. The rest is pretty typical democratic platform stuff. He just thinks the country needs a younger alternative, similar to Nicki Haley's reasons for running.
But the parties have been very clear about who their candidates are, so I don't see the point for him now. I think it's just his ego refusing to give in.
NanaCat
(2,332 posts)Stupid people have stupidly bought our stupid media's stupid lies about Biden being so old and feckless.
Now figure out how to get the stupid to stop.
Good luck.
NanaCat
(2,332 posts)Isn't merely a threat to democracy, but a threat to all living beings on the planet.
He's a genocidal scumbag.
Mr. Evil
(2,952 posts)Did any reporter bother to ask him, "In what way?"
Enough with the fucking psycho's in this world! The only reporting I care to see regarding RFK, Jr. now is that someone beat the ever-loving-shit out of him!
Fuck that scumbag!