RFK Jr – live: Musk reveals Twitter revenue down by half as he hosts anti-vax 2024 White House hopeful
Robert F Kennedy Jr has long-held, and promoted, anti-vaccine beliefs
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Your support makes all the difference.Democrat presidential candidate and notable anti-vaccine advocate Robert F Kennedy Jr joined Elon Musk and David Sacks on Twitter Spaces on Monday 5 June to discuss the former’s bid for the White House.
Mr Kennedy was also joined by Tulsi Gabbard, Balaji Srinivasan, Omeed Malik, Michael Shellenberger and Kelly Slater at the event.
The Twitter Spaces event comes just weeks after Mr Musk and Mr Sacks hosted and moderated a similar audio listening event with presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, where he launched his own campaign.
Notably, the Spaces session was filled with technological glitches, which Mr Sacks attributed to a high volume of listeners.
Following the event, Mr Musk welcomed all candidates onto Twitter and said he would be open to hosting other candidates on Twitter Spaces.
But some were unhappy with Mr Musk’s decision to host Mr Kennedy as he has been previously banned from social platforms for spreading misinformation.
On gun control, RFK Jr says he will ‘take away anybody’s guns’
Robert F Kennedy Jr said his position on gun control is that he is “not going to take away anybody’s guns” and pointed his finger at psychiatric drugs as a possible cause of school shootings.
Mr Kennedy said taking away people’s guns was “not the right thing” when it comes to decreasing the number of school shootings and gun violence.
The 2024 presidential candidate said he understands firsthand the heartbreak many Americans experience from gun violence because his father and uncle both died due to guns.
However, he believes taking away guns will polarise the country further.
Instead, Mr Kennedy said the US should look into the use of psychiatric drugs in young people and their contribution to school shootings.
Mr Kennedy said if he is president he will “look closely” into the role of psychiatric drugs in those events.
RFK Jr says Instagram misinformation ban had nothing to do with ‘factual accuracy'
During his two-hour-long Twitter Spaces chat, Mr Kennedy told people that his ban from Instagram had “nothing to do with... factual accuracy” despite him circulating misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccines.
RFK Jr heaps praise on Elon Musk saying he is ‘rescuing American Democracy’ during Twitter event
Presidential candidate and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr heaped praise on Twitter owner Elon Musk for defending free speech, during a Twitter spaces event with the executive on Monday afternoon.
Mr Kennedy, who has long promoted the discredited theory that vaccines play a role in causing autism, participated in a Twitter Spaces event on Monday and praised Mr Muk for his stewardship of the social media giant for supposedly stopping censorship of voices that dissent from orthodoxy.
“I just want to tell you how much I admire you for that and how grateful I am on behalf of my country,” he said. “You would come here from another country and be a key instrument for rescuing American democracy and freedom of speech.”
Eric Garcia reports:
RFK Jr praises Elon Musk for ‘rescuing American Democracy’ during Twitter event
The Twitter executive offers little pushback against the noted anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist
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Twitter’s CEO pledges to lobby against gender-affirming care and wants to imprison doctors, as LGBT+ advocates and watchdog groups warn the platform is opening a door for abuse, Alex Woodward reports.
Elon Musk promotes anti-trans content as hate speech surges on his far-right platform
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RFK Jr Twitter Spaces ends after two hours
After two hours of talking about his political positions and views, Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Twitter Space with Elon Musk ended around 4.30pm EST on Monday, 5 June.
Throughout his long chat with Mr Musk, David Sacks and others, Mr Kennedy went on several tangents some where he praised Mr Musk others where he shared conspiracy theories about Covid-19 and the pharmaceutical industry.
At one point, Mr Kennedy’s wife, Cheryl Hines, jumped into the conversation to express hesitant support for her husband’s campaign run.
Musk’s strategy is becoming clearer: Flood the zone with BS
Musk knows we can’t look away from his side show. So he’s using it to throw as much misinformation as possible out there, writes Eric Garcia.
Musk’s strategy is becoming clearer: Flood the zone with BS
Musk knows we can’t look away from his side show. So he’s using it to throw as much misinformation as possible out there
Cheryl Hines says her husband's campaign is ‘at times, exciting’
Cheryl Hines, the wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, joined his Twitter Space on Monday (5 June) to express her hesitant support for her husband.
Ms Hines, 57, was unexpectedly asked to contribute to the conversation by David Sacks and asked to comment on her husband’s campaign.
“It’s been really interesting and at times exciting,” Ms Hines said laughing. “I know there will be challenges that I hope I’m — I know I’ll be strong enough– to face.”
“We’ll get through them,” Ms Hines said.
She described her husband as being “in his element” and said she feels confident he is meant to do this.
Robert F Kennedy Jr snubbed by his own family at 2024 presidential campaign launch
Anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr has officially declared himself to be a candidate in next year’s Democratic presidential primary, ending a four-decade stretch of presidential elections without a member of his famous family on the ballot.
Andrew Feinberg reports:
Robert F Kennedy Jr snubbed by his own family at 2024 presidential campaign launch
Noted conspiracy theorist has little chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination
Jack Dorsey endorses Robert F Kennedy Jr for president
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has seemingly endorsed Robert F Kennedy Jr for president in a tweet.
Mr Dorsey shared a YouTube link to a Fox News interview of John F Kennedy’s 69-year-old nephew on Sunday, titled “Robert F Kennedy Jr argues he can beat Trump and DeSantis in 2024”.
Mr Dorsey quote tweeted the link. “He can and will,” Mr Dorsey wrote.
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