Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Newsweek
On Civil Rights:
Against biological males participating in women's sports
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems to be on the same page with some Republicans and conservatives who don't think that transgender people should participate in women's sports. "I am against people participating
in women's sports who are biologically male. I think women have worked too hard to develop women's sports over the past 30 years...and I don't think that's fair," Kennedy Jr. told CNN host Michael Smerconish.
Source: Newsweek magazine on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Apr 30, 2023
On Crime:
Release Sirhan Sirhan; doesn't believe he shot RFK
He believes Sirhan Sirhan, the 79-year-old man serving a life sentence for killing his father, ought to be released, whether or not he's guilty as a "frail old man who has no memory of what happened that day". For the record, though, Kennedy
also doesn't believe Sirhan fired the fatal shot as the court found. Kennedy says that his view is based with interviews with all those involved and on ballistic evidence. Others reject it as yet another conspiracy theory.
Source: Newsweek on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Jul 20, 2023
On Health Care:
Would put Dr. Fauci on trial over COVID vaccines
Kennedy argues that reporters, as well as former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci and other officials, should have at least expressed skepticism earlier on, when it became clear that vaccines did not completely stop the spread of the virus. "I
would like to see a trial," Kennedy said of Fauci. He said Fauci had been obligated to use the best data in making decisions and he did not believe that he had done so. Fauci has not been accused of breaking the law by any U.S. enforcement agency.
Source: Newsweek on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Jul 20, 2023
On Abortion:
Keep government away from women's childbearing choices
Abortion remains a top priority for Democratic voters. Joe Biden and Marianne Williamson have positioned themselves as strong advocates for abortion rights, with Williamson's campaign website describing her as "one hundred percent pro-choice."
Biden highlighted his stance on abortion during his campaign announcement, accusing "MAGA Republicans" of trying to dictate "what health care decisions women can make."
Kennedy Jr., however, has not made recent remarks about abortion, nor does
his campaign site clarify his position on reproductive rights. When reached by Newsweek, a campaign spokesperson said Kennedy Jr. "believes strongly in the principle of bodily autonomy, whether the issue is abortion or medical mandates."
"He will keep government away from women's childbearing choices. The moral issues are best left to the woman, her family, and her religious community," the spokesperson added.
Source: Newsweek magazine on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
May 15, 2023
On Immigration:
War on Drugs creates desperate conditions south of border
In January, President Biden announced several new immigration policies, including an increase of the use of expedited removal, the tripling of refugee resettlement from the Western Hemisphere, increasing humanitarian assistance in Mexico and Central
America, and a surge in resources to the U.S.-Mexico border.Kennedy Jr. has recently knocked Biden's immigration policies, criticizing him for not closing the border. "It's not racist or insensitive to say that we need to close our borders and have
an orderly immigration policy. I would expand legal immigration to this country that's orderly, that makes sense for our country, but also that our borders are impervious," he said, according to the New York Post.
He also tweeted that he would change
U.S. policy in Central America, including ending the "War on Drugs" and "neoliberal extraction of resources," which he said "create desperate conditions south of the border" that compel migrants to seek to immigrate to the U.S.
Source: Newsweek magazine on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
May 15, 2023
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