Calling Robert Kennedy Jr Antisemitic After his COVID Musings is Deeply Unfair

The insinuation by the New York Post and others that, as as result of my quoting a peer-reviewed paper on bio-weapons, I am somehow antisemitic, is a disgusting fabrication. I understand the emotional pain that these inaccurate distortions and fabrications have caused to many… pic.twitter.com/gpYwcPcoPe

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 16, 2023

I sharply disagree with my friend Robert Kennedy Jr on the Covid-19 vaccines and I am quintuple vaxed. But the suggestion by the media, or indeed Jewish organizations who do not know him, that because of his musings about bio-weapons that he is somehow antisemitic is more than unfair– it’s a disgusting lie. Bobby’s father was murdered by Palestinian terrorist Sirhan Sirhan because of his strong support for Israel and Bobby recently marched with me against the demonization of the Jewish state at the giant “Israel Day” parade in New York City carrying an enormous Israeli flag. He has publicly called upon the Biden Administration not to give Iran billions of dollars in a second Iran deal that would ultimately result in an Iranian nuclear weapon. In our recent interview together Bobby called upon the Democratic Party to return to the strong, unconditional support of Israel that was the hallmark of the party under the leadership of his uncle, President Kennedy, and Bobby directly criticized the antisemitism and double standards against Israel employed by Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. Whatever disagreements anyone may have with him – and I personally have many, including on Covid and Ukraine – there is no question that my brother Bobby Kennedy is locked arm-in-arm with the Jewish community in the fight against antisemitism and is a great champion of Israel.