Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was bolstered by Republicans at a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill while lawmakers from his own party sought to tear him down, citing his history of espousing conspiracy theories and making racist and antisemitic statements.
Kennedy, who at times has been banned by social media companies for spreading misinformation on vaccines, was among the panelists invited by Republicans on the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government for a hearing ostensibly on censorship. The hours-long affair frequently devolved into Democrats attacking Kennedy while Republicans defended their decision to give a prominent platform to a rival of President Biden.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vehemently denied having compared covid policies to Nazi Germany at July 20 House subcommittee hearing. “I’m a congresswoman,” Wasserman Schultz said before cutting Kennedy off. While Kennedy is a distant second to Biden in Democratic primary polling, any better-than-expected showings in early nominating states could serve to embarrass the incumbent president — a prospect Republicans appear to relish.Underscoring the political nature of the hearing, the other Republican-invited witnesses were Emma-Jo Morris, a journalist now at Breitbart News who wrote extensively on Hunter Biden’s laptop for the New York Post; and D.
From the outset, it was clear that Republicans were treating Kennedy differently from other witnesses.
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