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RFK Jr. pulls more votes from Trump than Biden in three-way race: Poll (thehill.com)

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to pull more support from former President Trump than President Biden in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to a new…

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[–] ickplant 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m not surprised. The man is nuts, and his views are much more similar to Trump’s than Biden’s.

[–] captainlezbian 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah he’s an insane person’s interpretation of a centrist spoiler for the Dems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to listen to him on ring of fire radio, how is he nuts? It's been almost 15 years since that time

[–] ickplant 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's an anti-vaxxer that believes vaccines cause autism. He promoted the use of ivermectin to cure covid. He thinks Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates are conspiring to push vaccines on people. He blames Prozac for mass shootings. Those are enough for me to go "Nope!"

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[–] Jumpinship 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He's not anti vax. He wants mercury and shit to be replaced with safe alternatives. Toxic heavy metals really have no place in the human body.

[–] ickplant 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, bud, I'm not getting into an argument with an anti-vaxxer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-jr-now-presidential-candidate-ukraine-vaccines-economy/story?id=100247005

Kennedy founded the Children's Health Defense, a prominent anti-vaccine nonprofit that has campaigned against immunizations and other public health measures like water fluoridation.

After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group held rallies to protest restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of the virus.

It was at one of those events where Kennedy, appearing alongside vaccine opponents and others in front of the Lincoln Memorial, compared the restrictions to Nazi Germany: "Even in Hitler's Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did."