NEW YORK (VINnews) — RFK Jr. suggested this week that COVID-19 was genetically engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews.
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During a dinner with reporters Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a conspiracy theorist, floated the idea that the COVID virus was “ethnically targeted” to target caucasians and blacks, and mostly spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people. He did not cite any sources or evidence to back up the outlandish claims.
“COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Kennedy said at the event Thursday in New York City. “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
“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,” he suggested.
The comments were captured on video.
The absurdity of his claims are underscored by the fact that tragically, many Ashkenazi Jews perished and became very ill in the early days of the pandemic.
In fact, Asheknazi Jews in Williamsburg and Boro Park were affected by the virus as much as, if not more than, any other community in the entire country. Mayor Bill DeBlasio, Governor Cuomo, and other politicians unfairly singled out the Jewish community during the pandemic. While their criticism was extremely unwarranted, baseless, and bigoted, it highlights the ludicrousness of RFK’s comments.
This is a link to an article which tragically highlights the many Jewish victims of Covid.
Morton Klein, president of the conservative Zionist Organization of America, slammed Kennedy, saying the comments left him “worried.”
“This is crazy,” he said. “It makes no sense that they would do that. I read everything. I was totally against the vaccine. . .I have never seen anything like this.”
Klein told the New York Post that he has advised Kennedy on Israel policy issues and even labeled him a “good friend.”
After footage of the bizarre comments surfaced, Kennedy tried to walk them back, or at least claim the virus’s avoidance of Jews was not by design.
“I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews,” Kennedy wrote. “I accurately pointed out — during an off-the-record conversation — that the US and other governments are developing ethnically targeted bioweapons and that a 2021 study of the COVID-19 virus shows that COVID-19 appears to disproportionately affect certain races since the furin cleave docking site is most compatible with Blacks and Caucasians and least compatible with ethnic Chinese, Finns and Ashkenazi Jews.”
“In that sense, it serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons. I do not believe and never implied that the ethnic effect was deliberately engineered,” he added, adding a link to the study.
Kennedy has made controversial comments in the past. During an anti-vaccine rally last year, he suggested people were less free than Anne Frank was under Nazi rule, before apologizing after widespread condemnations.
As usual, people that are prone to believe conspiracy theories are likely to believe anti-jewish conspiracies as well, both right and left. We need to support centrists.
Apples don’t fall far from the tree.
His grandfather would be proud of him.
Former heroin addict guy is totally delusional. Supports commie diktator in Venezuela. Pushes weird anti-vac and antisemitic conspiracy garbage.
there *were* significant genetic differences in the immune response to covid-19, just not by *race*. to single out “jews”, yet again, is either remarkably stupid of him, or exceptionally evil. either way, this wouldn’t make him my first choice for potus.
In case we thought we had an ally
He is a Kennedy after all Nazis 101
My beloved Jews, it’s time to come home.
Looks like he is meshugge.
nutty video–dude sounds like he’s drunk or on drugs- guy next to him making faces the whole time especially when he says his stupid genetic garbage– if he wasn’t a Kennedy and running against a corrupt geezer with dementia, he would be polling at 0.00000001 percent, who those 20 percent who supports him are beats me
Extremely dishonest like the rest of the media. He never ever suggested what the headline says. Shame on you.
Just watch the video carefully. He’s making a broader point about bioweapons and is quoting a real study about the genetic differentials that viruses can have.
Yet the chasidishe Rebbes, with the urging of those “askanim”, will endorse and support this koo koo for the right price. Same old same old.
The problem is that the government lied to us so many times that it opens up an opportunity for meshegoyim like RFK Jr. Do you believe the government more than you believe him? The obvious answer is don’t believe either, but when there is so much sheker, another person’s sheker becomes more believable.
We are the problem. There are many in our community who claim the entire Covid was a hoax and The people who died were killed by the hospitals.
SO taken out of context.
You cut what he said before and after…. It was in a conversation and he said “there IS such a theory, firstly he NEVER said he believes of it, secondly he said it appears it impacted those the least, SO WHAT?
Most of you here just got conned by a MSM smear campaign.
Just remember: If we don’t have freedom and bodily autonomy, we have nothing really special at the core in USA. The US Constitution was blown into pieces these past 3 years mostly by the Biden admin. The Gavra at the top is just as crucial as the Cheftza.
I don’t see this as a Jewish issue at all, but it can be. If they can coherce on bodily autonomy as they clearly unnecessarily did, the can just as easily prohibit bris milah.
All RFKjr. wants is a freedom & accountability.
FREEDOM of speech & medical choice.
ACCOUNTABILITY of industry (especially waterway polluters) and vaccines (to be held at the same standards as Rx medication. Undo the Regan Zero-liability act.) That makes him a “meshugena” worthy of my vote at least in the primaries and why for the first time I registered as a Dem. I may still vote for the “orange meshugana” if he’s the GOP contender in the general election.
The above coming is both ignorant and likely Oiver Loi Oinu Ish Ess Amisoi.
Um…. did any of you chachomim even take the time to listen to the speech???? I didn’t either, but I was told that his speech was taken out context.
I can’t believe people take this idiot seriously. But then again, a menuval reality star millionaire rapist got elected president, soooo…
I would vote for RFK jr. any day over the sicko that is currently occupying the white house. RFK jr. stands for freedom and that includes allowing Yeshivos to continue our mesorah without governmental interference. He is/was against lockdowns. He’s against our corrupt FBI/NSA/CIA spying on us 24/7
The guy is brilliant. He didn’t say anything wrong. Don’t jump to conclusions.
Nothing in the statement suggests anything anti-Semitic.
Listen to some of his lectures, read the studies that he quotes, you’ll learn a lot. It may actually change your outlook of life. It may boost your emuna and bitachon and lower your trust in doctors and big pharma.
almost as bad as what ???? did saying chasidic jews spread covid
Hashhahahaahha. Moron !
Even The New York Times bashed him!
I think we need to be more concerned about what comes out of people whose brains stutter. Right, Segmail?
Bet 10-1 that those defending him and trying to fit a aquare peg into a round hole are disillusioned Biden voters who want an alternative. They’re wackier than him.
Yidden when you will wake up? The most antisemtic group in the USA today is the democratic party. This goy is no better than his Jew hating grandfther the drunk Irishman Joe Kennedy or JFK or RFK or any of the other Kennedys.The squad continues to spew their vitriol with absoluetly no condemnation from the Demorats. Why do Yidden continue to support politicians who are the antithesis of Torah values.Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley have done more for Israel & Jews than Biden, Obamination, Clinton, Johnson and the rest of the antisemtic previous administrations.
He is the guy Trump put in charge researching vaccines!!!
Notwithstanding that his committee of weirdoes broke down immediately. The fact that always finds talented people for his work should make a great president.
A VERY NAZI LIKE COMMENT. rabbi rosenberg