Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he said he met with the president on Monday Joe Biden More of a threat to democracy than the supposed GOP nominee Donald Trump.
in an interview about CNNKennedy claimed that Biden “used federal agencies to censor political speech.” a case before the high court, which could affect the level of communication between government officials and social media companies over the removal of content.
Last month, a majority of Supreme Court justices appeared wary of the Biden administration’s arguments. illegally calls on social media platforms to eliminate problematic behavior.
“I can make the argument that President Biden is a worse threat to democracy because President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, to use federal agencies to censor political speech. .. to censor his opponent,” Kennedy said.
“I can say that because I won a case in the federal appeals court and now before the Supreme Court that shows that censorship has begun,” Kennedy said.
The Kennedy campaign did not directly respond to a question about the legal case he cited.
Prominent anti-vaccination activist Kennedy used it social media spreading misinformation about vaccines and Covid. Children’s Health Advocacy group, an anti-vaccination group Both Meta-owned Instagram and Facebook, led by Kennedy, were kicked out in 2022 for spreading misinformation about vaccines and Covid.
The Democratic National Committee condemned Kennedy in a statement after the interview.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said with a straight face that Joe Biden is a greater threat to democracy than Donald Trump because he is banned from spreading conspiracy theories on the Internet,” DNC general counsel Mary Beth Cahill said. “There is no comparison to calling the crowd to the Capitol and promising to be a dictator on day one.”
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put to rest tonight any doubt that he was a spoiler candidate by pushing MAGA talking points in prime time,” he said.
Cahill was chief of staff to Kennedy’s uncle, the late Senator Edward Kennedy.
The Biden campaign deferred to the DNC when reached for comment.
Biden has made the preservation of democracy a cornerstone of his re-election campaign, juxtaposing his actions to protect democratic institutions with those of Trump.
“Teachers, but for all the threats to the country, the biggest threat he poses is to our democracy, and that’s not hyperbole,” Biden said of Trump at a campaign event last week.
Several members of Kennedy’s family supported the vote, as Biden allies fear that Kennedy could alienate votes from the president and help Trump return to the White House. Biden and their criticism of RFK Jr.
Like Trump, Kennedy has claims that the election was “stolen”.
During an interview with CNN on Monday, he repeated the false claim that the 2000 and 2004 elections were “stolen.”
Similarly, Trump regularly makes false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Rioters WHO was broken On January 6, 2021, the Capitol reiterated his lies as the basis for his behavior.