RFK Jr. campaign says Jan. 6 'activists' have been 'stripped of their Constitutional liberties'
Source: NBC News
April 4, 2024, 3:04 PM EDT
WASHINGTON The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is out with a fundraising email referring to Jan. 6 defendants as "activists" who have been "stripped of their Constitutional liberties," echoing former President Donald Trump's rhetoric about the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
In the appeal sent to supporters Thursday signed by "Team Kennedy," the campaign called for the exoneration of "political prisoner Julian Assange," the founder of WikiLeaks, suggesting he and Jan. 6 defendants are victims of prosecutorial abuse.
"This is the reality that every American Citizen faces from Ed Snowden, to Julian Assange to the J6 activists sitting in a Washington DC jail cell stripped of their Constitutional liberties. Please help our campaign call out the illiberal actions of our very own government," the fundraising email read.
A British court is currently considering whether to extradite Assange who is an Australian, not American citizen to the United States. Snowden, the former National Security Agency employee who leaked national security secrets, is living in exile in Russia.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-campaign-jan-6-activists-stripped-constitutional-liberties-rcna146445
At this point, can anyone on DU actually think that RFK Jr. positions somehow overlap with Biden's (or Democrats in general)?????
elleng
(131,075 posts)that's how the system works.
You lost me right after RFK, Jr. says.😂
elleng
(131,075 posts)hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)may KARMA reign.
What a disgusting POS.
yardwork
(61,700 posts)sheshe2
(83,860 posts)He is just a bitter, delusional old man.
I can only imagine what Bobby and John would say to him if they had lived.
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)catbyte
(34,433 posts)Lovie777
(12,321 posts)or just take over from shithole, since shithole will be in jail.
jvill
(220 posts)Keeping talking, buddy
70sEraVet
(3,508 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)Very few of his positions overlap with Biden's. It's mostly Trump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr._2024_presidential_campaign#Political_positions
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)But the "narrative" is that somehow "Democrats better worry" because "he is going to pull votes from Biden".
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)and even with his anti-vax views. We are deluding ourselves if we think only R's are anti-vaxxers.
LiberalFighter
(51,044 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)RFK appeals to them in ways Trump never could.
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)many of them having a "natural living only" propensity. Some of them ended up falling into the QAnon trap and away they went.
BUT the content of this OP and the views about the J6 insurrectionists, are FAR FAR away from anything that a "Democrat" would support.
Harker
(14,033 posts)Democrats are widely, I think, smart enough to know the name Kennedy is not an automatic guarantee of a good candidate, but those pushing that narrative you mention don't seem to agree.
Hell, there is a certain John Kennedy, Senator from Louisiana, who is an absolute ASS.
BaronChocula
(1,579 posts)Trump brought out the extreme racists to vote for him.
Dont underestimate the stupidity of the electorate.
Harker
(14,033 posts)Kennedy, should he not waft away before November, is likely a threat to siphon off a lot more votes from the other colossal, dangerous buffoon than from President Biden.
I think. I hope.
Vinca
(50,302 posts)proceedings and do millions of dollars worth of damage to the Capitol. Seriously - is he on drugs or something?
hatrack
(59,592 posts)EDIT
Conviction for heroin possession
In 1982, Kennedy was sworn in as an assistant district attorney for Manhattan.[4] After failing his bar exam, he resigned in July 1983.[26] That September, he was charged with heroin possession in Rapid City, South Dakota.[26] He pleaded guilty to single felony charge of possession of heroin in February 1984, whereupon he was sentenced to two years' probation and community service.[27][28] After his arrest he entered a drug treatment center. To satisfy the conditions of his probation, Kennedy worked as a volunteer for the Natural Resources Defense Council and was required to attend regular drug-rehabilitation sessions. His probation ended a year early.[29]
EDIT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.
Vinca
(50,302 posts)Freethinker65
(10,036 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)PortTack
(32,787 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,018 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,248 posts)BaronChocula
(1,579 posts)at how he'll pull votes from President Biden.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)VGNonly
(7,504 posts)womanofthehills
(8,758 posts)Said he still goes to meetings daily/weekly.
Both he & Hunter had really bad trauma in their lives. I can see both of them softening the horror with drugs.
JoseBalow
(2,423 posts)He really is a dummy
magicarpet
(14,160 posts)... and violently bash and injure law enforcement officers.....
This is what happens asshole. You lose your liberties and get locked up awhile.
samsingh
(17,600 posts)marble falls
(57,162 posts)AZ8theist
(5,487 posts)I used to think he was just a wacko anti-vaxxer. Now it's obvious he's an unhinged lunatic hell bent on getting Doturd elected so he can rake in that sweet, sweet RUBE MONEY!!
He knows he's got ZERO chance of getting elected, so now it's just a grift. And a dick smoking appeal to Doturd to join his admin as the Secretary of Pseudo Science.
kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)Or can he be?🤔. This should draw a few TSF voters to him. Please proceed, Jr!
Voltaire2
(13,121 posts)I'm fairly certain that basically nobody encouraged to vote for robert by statements like this was considering Biden.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)Is this some kind of revelation to him?
Kablooie
(18,638 posts)those voters don't understand anything about anything.
LudwigPastorius
(9,166 posts)If he doesn't believe the J6 criminals are abused activists he is the most cynical, unprincipled candidate since Donald Trump.
Either way, fuck him running.
keithbvadu2
(36,880 posts)I'm going to guess 'NO'.
That would make it a racial issue for him, not a constitutional issue.
AllaN01Bear
(18,353 posts)relayerbob
(6,551 posts)hay rick
(7,636 posts)AdamGG
(1,294 posts)He believes in every anti-vax conspiracy that exists. He is pro January 6th insurrectionist.
Yet, all the polls say that Biden loses ground to Dump when RFK the lesser is included in the polling. How is he possibly more of a draw for potential Biden voters than for potential Trump voters?
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)A lot of democrats in Bay Area have Kennedy signs out - these were never former Trump or GOP voters
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)My vote is that readings from the diary of his deceased wife who killed herself - be openly read about him and his affairs, abuse and drug use be told.
Met him years ago - he is a psychopath and sleazy
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,167 posts)Does he think they just need a hug?
Steven Maurer
(475 posts)It's a lie, of course. But one that will only appeal to disaffected Trump supporters.
No voter is going to say, "Welp! I was going to vote for Biden, but now that Kennedy Jr. is defending 1/6, I'm voting for him instead!"
4lbs
(6,858 posts)to follow the Constitution.
Trying to claim protection under the very same thing they just tried to tear down is idiotic. Why don't they
and you look at that orange-faced f*cker? Didn't he say he would pay for their legal bills? Has he actually done that?
RFK Jr. stay away from sh*t you don't know, and stick with those stupid anti-vax conspiracy theories.
sakabatou
(42,170 posts)He puts his father to shame.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,562 posts)I am sure he was never the same.
BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)and total jerk!
Skittles
(153,182 posts)FUCK HIM
Javaman
(62,532 posts)NNadir
(33,541 posts)mwb970
(11,365 posts)slightlv
(2,828 posts)when you are tried and convicted by a panel of your peers and end up in prison, one consequence of that is that you lose your civil liberties. Everybody loses their liberties in prison... not just J6'ers! That's one of the hard things about prison. You may maintain your rights (or at least some of them), but you DO lose your liberties. Did he not do time for heroin possession? Or did he get away with a fine, community service, and a slap on the wrists? If so, seems like he's afflicted with "affluenza" and knows not of what he yells! (LOL)
Mysterian
(4,589 posts)Russia.