At an anti-vaccine conference in Georgia on Friday, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed his commitment to the cause and spoke to his base about how he, as president, would serve the movement he built.

“I feel like I’ve come home today,” he said to a standing ovation, crediting the assembled audience with his candidacy.

He then laid out his vision for a Kennedy presidency, which would include telling the National Institutes of Health to take “a break” from studying infectious diseases, like Covid-19 and measles, and pivoting the agency to the study of chronic diseases, like diabetes and obesity. Kennedy has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect such chronic conditions and invest in ineffective and even harmful treatments; he includes vaccines among them.

“I’m gonna say to NIH scientists, God bless you all,” Kennedy said. “Thank you for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”

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If there was a Russian psyops campaign to destroy the US from within, it would look like the modern Republican party. This guy is just the garnish.

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Claim to be true Americans, act as anti-American as possible.

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If…?

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Kennedy is a lifelong democrat.

EDIT: Folks I’m just providing context. “So? So? So? So? So?

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Actions speak louder than words.

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So what? Him being a dem doesnt stop him from being a pro-disease dipshit who if he got the same treatment as his uncle id laugh my ass off. He’s a spoiler candidate for the republicans banking on name recognition alone, good thing he sounds like a turkey in an electric chair and is a complete fucktard.

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Apparently not lifelong since he’s not running as one.

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“We’re going to give infectious diseases a break for 8 years.”

Oh, so all our takes to stop all infectious diseases is to just call Time Out for a few years? Why did nobody think of this before! This RFK Jr. guy must be a genius. Surely, the infectious diseases won’t just keep infecting and killing people during his Time Out!!!

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Beyond parody. Jesus fucking Christ.

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Say whatever stupid thing you want - not like there is any chance you will ever be President.

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You get the same was said about trump and look how that turned out.

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RFK isn’t Trump, but he’ll take votes from him.

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Trump had a brand and first-mover advantage. RFK has neither.

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“Thank you for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”

I hope viruses will qualify for unemployment.

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