# RFK Jr Files to Run for President (Dropped Out on August 23, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260 "2023-04-06T16:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/61 "2023-07-15T15:02:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Now he’s suggesting that Covid-19 was formulated to spare Jews. Is that even possible? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/62 "2023-07-15T15:14:44Z")
Nah. But MAGA Jr. is just noting that some people say that, which isn’t the same as his _endorsing_ the idea, nudge nudge wink wink. I was going to say that to my knowledge, statistics weren’t kept on which religious faiths have suffered the most during the pandemic, but son-of-a-gun, some folks [were keeping track](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-religion/muslims-jews-have-higher-covid-death-rate-uk-figures-indicate-idUSKBN23Q1PN). The conspiracy theory about the Chinese being protected from SARS-CoV-2 may have been partially fueled by statistics showing a relatively low mortality rate in China, but that seems to be because Chinese authorities [have been concealing large numbers of deaths](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/02/china-million-covid-deaths-communist-party/673177/). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/63 "2023-07-15T16:18:23Z")
Coming back to Cheryl Hines for a sec: How the fuck does she stay married to this asshole? She strikes me as a typical Hollywood liberal, not an antisemitic, Republican-in-donkey’s-clothing conspiracy nut. I would imagine she’s going to end up a bit shunned by Hollywood circles if she doesn’t abandon this prick soon. Unless she’s bought into this nonsense and just doesn’t care about that anymore. Maybe Larry David should write her off of Curb the same way he wrote Susan off of Seinfeld. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/64 "2023-07-15T16:20:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “We don’t know whether it was deliberately targeted or not but there are papers out there that show the racial or ethnic differential and impact,” Kennedy hedged." WE DON’T KNOW - PAPERS OUT THERE But I’m gonna throw it out there anyway with no basis in fact or references. I"m sold - also I read “spare Jews” as “space Jews”; the ones manning the LASERS. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/65 "2023-07-15T16:54:55Z")
See, they use tiny versions of the laser to zap the pesky COVID bugs out of their bodies. Easy! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/66 "2023-07-15T17:16:25Z")
That rumbling noise you hear is RFK turning over in his grave. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/67 "2023-07-15T19:16:20Z")
This dude’s a bigger crank then I realized. Unfortunately, I know of about 4 people who are big fans. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/68 "2023-07-15T20:15:43Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I know of about 4 people who are big fans. Do you have any idea why these 4 people are fans? I assume they know nothing about the guy. I feel bad for him and all the other surviving Kennedys, but this takes the self-destructive habit of Kennedy campaigning to to new depths. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/69 "2023-07-15T20:20:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do you have any idea why these 4 people are fans? I assume they know nothing about the guy. This would be my sister. She finds him persuasive (and no doubt handsome) in interviews. (She falls for every persuasive propaganda YouTube video she’s ever seen.) She insists that “You shouldn’t read what _other_ people say about him, you should just listen to what _he_ has to say.” She does not see anything wrong with that logic. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/70 "2023-07-15T21:16:06Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@TriPolar](#): > > > > Do you have any idea why these 4 people are fans? I assume they know nothing about the guy. > > This would be my sister. She finds him persuasive (and no doubt handsome) in interviews. (She falls for every persuasive propaganda YouTube video she’s ever seen.) She insists that “You shouldn’t read what _other_ people say about him, you should just listen to what _he_ has to say.” Yeah. _Just listen_ to RFK Jr. talking about “ethnic bioweapons”: [https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1680223533807415298](https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1680223533807415298) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/71 "2023-07-15T21:19:17Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > _Just listen_ to RFK Jr. talking about “ethnic bioweapons” Ouch. That was painful. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/72 "2023-07-15T21:29:54Z")
He has now issued a statement, the gist of which is that his comments were “off the record”, and anyway, he didn’t say what we heard him saying. MAGA Jr. has learned well from his chief source of inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/73 "2023-07-15T21:31:24Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > and anyway, he didn’t say what we heard him saying. It’s a Jedi trick. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > the gist of which is that his comments were “off the record”, Yet “off the record” comments are usually the most telling. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/74 "2023-07-15T21:41:18Z")
I like the way that the lady sitting to his left starts nodding in agreement… but by the end of the clip needs to take a sip of wine to fortify herself. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/75 "2023-07-15T22:53:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Do you have any idea why these 4 people are fans? I assume they know nothing about the guy. Because they’re cynical and paranoid pot heads. I love weed too, but there’s no doubt it worsens these problems in people that already have issues. I don’t blame them for all their cynicism. I don’t exactly trust everything the media or the government feeds me, but they think everything is a conspiracy, and apparently people are capable of carrying out these conspiracies without whistle-blowers. If anyone does snitch, they’re ousted as a lunatic. They know a lot about the guy in that they believe the bs he spits. They also have a hint of trollish behavior in them, in that they don’t really take things as seriously as they should because it’s “all a joke anyway”. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/76 "2023-07-15T23:56:45Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > She insists that “You shouldn’t read what _other_ people say about him, you should just listen to what _he_ has to say.” She does not see anything wrong with that logic. As is habit with some people, she takes an actually good piece of advice and applies it in the worst way possible. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/77 "2023-07-16T00:42:37Z")
I saw this the other day and my mind was thoroughly boggled. > **[RFK Jr. is building a presidential campaign around conspiracy theories](https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187272781/rfk-jr-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-social-media-presidential-campaign)** > > The latest member of the Kennedy dynasty to run for president regularly shares a dizzying range of falsehoods and conspiracy theories on podcasts and at other campaign appearances. A small sample: > … > Wi-Fi causes cancer and “leaky brain,” Kennedy [told podcaster Joe Rogan](https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zz9z/spotify-rogan-rfk-vaccine-misinformation-policy) last month. Antidepressants are to blame for school shootings, he [mused during an appearance](https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-kennedy-jr-elon-musk-american-revolution-twitter-spaces-conversation-2023-6) with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Chemicals in the water supply could turn children transgender, he [told right-wing Canadian psychologist and podcaster Jordan Peterson](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/28/robert-f-kennedy-jr/no-evidence-atrazine-in-the-water-supply-is-causin/), echoing a [false assertion](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/infowars-alex-jones-has-long-history-inflammatory-anti-lgbtq-speech-n898431) made by serial fabulist [Alex Jones](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/06/1115936712/how-alex-jones-helped-mainstream-conspiracy-theories-into-american-life). AIDS may not be caused by HIV, he has [suggested multiple times](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2024-presidential-campaign-democratic-primary.html). > … ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/78 "2023-07-16T00:44:52Z")
No doubt he prides himself on being a brave iconoclast. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/79 "2023-07-16T00:50:44Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > iconoclast Learned a new word, tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/80 "2023-07-16T00:57:03Z")
All he has to do now is add some race realism and he’s the perfect president for the IDW and their sycophants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=5)