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BumRushDaShow

(130,443 posts) Wed May 1, 2024, 07:41 AM May 1

RFK Jr. hires GOP operative who called Jan. 6 'Democrat misdirection'

Source: NBC News

April 30, 2024, 8:37 PM EDT

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign has hired a former top spokesperson to hard-right Republican candidates who has called the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “Democrat misdirection.”

Campaign finance records show Kennedy’s independent campaign first hired Zach Henry’s firm Total Virality for "influencer engagement" in March, two months after Republican Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the race for his party's presidential nomination. Henry had been Ramaswamy's deputy communications director.

“J6 was no MAGA insurrection Just more Democrat misdirection,” he posted on X in March 2023, seemingly embracing the conspiracy theory that the riot was provoked by left-wing antifa agitators, not Donald Trump supporters. “Mentally readying myself for the ‘I’m having traumatic Jan 6 flashbacks’ from cringe congressional staffers tomorrow,” Henry posted in 2022 ahead of the annual anti-abortion-rights demonstration in Washington.

Just over a week later, he called the House committee investigation into the attack a “witch hunt of patriots” that “must face a reckoning.” In other posts, he expressed opposition to vaccine mandates and wrote, “Alex Jones is a national treasure,” referring to the preeminent conspiracy broadcaster. Henry declined to comment, while the Kennedy campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-hires-gop-operative-called-jan-6-democrat-misdirection-rcna149773

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RFK Jr. hires GOP operative who called Jan. 6 'Democrat misdirection' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 1 OP

I wonder if he's posturing to blow whichever way the money flows bucolic_frolic May 1 #1

I could see a mile away he was RWer galore........................ Lovie777 May 1 #2

Why not Traildogbob May 1 #3

I wouldn't interrupt his shitweaselry EYESORE 9001 May 1 #4

It the Heroin bottomofthehill May 1 #5

This is part of why Booby Kennedy should not be President bottomofthehill May 1 #6

Go get those Trump voters! tanyev May 1 #7

No surprise there. 2naSalit May 1 #8

bucolic_frolic

(43,626 posts)

1. I wonder if he's posturing to blow whichever way the money flows

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Wed May 1, 2024, 07:48 AM

May 1

Lovie777

(12,501 posts)

2. I could see a mile away he was RWer galore........................

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 1, 2024, 07:56 AM

May 1

and yet the corporate media posed him as a threat to Dems. They were too lazy to investigate and or again told by their corporate masters to fake what was truly going on.

Another reality show - shithole v shithole 2.

Traildogbob

(8,958 posts)

3. Why not

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Wed May 1, 2024, 07:56 AM

May 1

He is a GQP operative. They probably donated or assigned him to the Bobby Jr for free.

EYESORE 9001

(26,064 posts)

4. I wouldn't interrupt his shitweaselry

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 1, 2024, 08:11 AM

May 1

He’s siphoning from repuQs and MAGAts - not Democrats. Please, proceed with your windmill-tilting or whatever TF it is you’re doing.

bottomofthehill

(8,370 posts)

5. It the Heroin

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Wed May 1, 2024, 08:30 AM

May 1

He fried his brain in the 1980’s on heroin. Sad that the American public does not see him and trump for the kook’s that they are.

bottomofthehill

(8,370 posts)

6. This is part of why Booby Kennedy should not be President

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Wed May 1, 2024, 08:33 AM

May 1

Repeated heroin use changes the physical structure and physiology of the brain, creating long-term imbalances in neuronal and hormonal systems that are not easily reversed. Studies have shown some deterioration of the brain’s white matter due to heroin use, which may affect decision-making abilities, the ability to regulate behavior, and responses to stressful situations. Heroin also produces profound degrees of tolerance and physical dependence. Tolerance occurs when more and more of the drug is required to achieve the same effects. With physical dependence, the body adapts to the presence of the drug, and withdrawal symptoms occur if use is reduced abruptly.

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/heroin/what-are-long-term-effects-heroin-use

tanyev

(42,727 posts)

7. Go get those Trump voters!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed May 1, 2024, 08:35 AM

May 1

2naSalit

(87,115 posts)

8. No surprise there.

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Wed May 1, 2024, 08:48 AM

May 1

It's like this guy's life mission is to be a literal poke in the eye of anything representing decency.

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