His argument drew swift condemnation from Democrats.
"I can make the argument that President Biden is the much worse threat to democracy, and the reason for that is President Biden is the first candidate in history – the first president in history that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech, so to censor his opponent," Kennedy said Monday onKennedy's claim drew condemnation from the Democratic National Committee, which said that it highlighted their argument that Kennedy is a "spoiler candidate" and is "pushing his MAGA talking points.
"," DNC Senior Advisor Mary Beth Cahill said in a statement.Kennedy, who has made protecting freedom of speech central to his bid, said that Trump's efforts in 2020 to subvert election results is "clearly is a threat to democracy," but that Biden poses a great threat. "The question was, who is a worse threat to democracy and what I would say is … I'm not going to answer that question, but I can argue that President Biden is," he said. Kennedy, who, like Trump, has previously falsely claimed that past elections were stolen, reiterated his argument on Fox News on Tuesday.The Supreme Court last month signaled skepticism during oral arguments that the Biden administration overstepped in communicating with social media companies about COVID-19 and election misinformation content,Kennedy, who is polling better than any independent Presidential candidate since Ross Perot in 1992, has drawn concern from Democrats that he could siphon off votes from Biden in November.However, conservative media, which originally touted Kennedy's campaign, have"With a straight face Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that Joe Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Donald Trump because he was barred from pushing conspiracy theories online," Cahill said in a statement. "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid to rest tonight any doubts that he's a spoiler candidate by pushing his MAGA talking points in prime time."Share on linkedin
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