Watchdog Calls For House Committee To Uninvite RFK Jr. After His Comments Are Blasted As Antisemitic
July 17, 2023 4:56PM PDT
FILE – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event where he announced his run for president on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic watchdog group has asked a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely suggesting COVID-19 could have been “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
The Congressional Integrity Project sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, after the comments prompted accusations of antisemitism and racism.
Jordan said through a spokesperson he will move forward with the hearing despite disagreeing with Kennedy’s comments.
Kennedy said that his words were twisted and that he never suggested COVID-19 was targeted to spare Jews.
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