Impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated he believes President Joe Biden poses a higher menace to democracy than former President Donald Trump as a result of the Biden administration has censored misinformation on social media platforms.
Becoming a member of Erin Burnett on CNN on Monday evening, Mr. Kennedy argued that the Biden administration had violated the First Modification by requiring social media firms to scale back misinformation, which he stated was extra harmful than Mr. Trump's makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
“The most important menace to democracy will not be somebody difficult election outcomes, however a president of america who’s utilizing the facility of his workplace to drive social media firms Fb, Instagram and Twitter to open a portal and to offer entry to this portal to the FBI, to the CIA, to the IRS, to the CISA, to the NIH, to censor his political critics,” Kennedy stated.
He was apparently referring to a latest Supreme Courtroom lawsuit between the Biden administration and several other states that claims the federal government overstepped its authority when it requested social media firms to unfold misinformation about Covid-19, vaccines and to dam or take away the 2020 election.
Mr. Kennedy, who is thought for spreading anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories, tried unsuccessfully to hitch the lawsuit as a result of his Instagram account was suspended in 2021 for sharing “debunked claims” about Covid-19 and vaccines. His account was later restored.
Though the court docket blocked him from becoming a member of the lawsuit, an analogous case between Mr. Kennedy and the Biden administration is pending in decrease courts.
Mr. Kennedy touts the significance of the First Modification and portrays himself as a sufferer of presidency authority — claiming his social media web page was focused due to his political standing and that President Biden denied him Secret Service safety.
For these causes, he believes Mr. Biden poses a higher menace to democracy, though he acknowledged the hazard that Mr. Trump would attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
“[Trump] “The try and overturn the election is clearly a menace to democracy,” Kennedy stated.
Mr Kennedy added that he believed the 2000 presidential election was “stolen” from Al Gore.
Mr. Kennedy has been accused of selling conspiracy theories earlier than and through his marketing campaign and utilizing his standing as Robert F. Kennedy's son to realize extra help – some extent that has led to criticism of him by his personal high-profile household .