Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to attacks from Democrats during a July 20 hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
The hearing on federal government censorship of certain stories and viewpoints featured Mr. Kennedy—an advocate for enhanced vaccine safety screening and research into the effects of pharmaceutical drugs—as the star witness. Democrats sought to deplatform Mr. Kennedy both before and during the hearing.
It comes after some groups called on the majority to cancel the hearing due to remarks Mr. Kennedy made claiming that the COVID-19 virus disproportionately affected Caucasian and black people, while doing less harm to Ashkenazi Jews and the Chinese. The comments were called “antisemitic” and “anti-Asian” by critics, and prompted several Democrats to call on Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in a letter to disinvite Mr. Kennedy (pdf)….}