Tucker begins the 18-minute monologue by declaring, "There's never been a candidate for president the media hated more than Robert F. Kennedy Jr." In contrast with Trump's initial announcement, which the New York Times waited a full 17 paragraphs to deride, he explains, Kennedy was maligned from sentence one: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a presidential campaign on Wednesday built on relitigating COVID-19 shutdowns and shaking Americans' faith in science." Tucker wryly notes the average reader might conclude that "Bobby Kennedy just declared war on the Enlightenment."
Tucker mockingly characterized the media consensus as: "Bobby Kennedy's thoughts alone are evil enough to hurt people." He traces the genesis of this to 2005 when Kennedy first published a magazine article opining that there might be a link between the ever-expanding schedule of childhood vaccines and the rise in autism diagnoses.
That continues in 2023, with YouTube recently yanking Kennedy's interview with Jordan Peterson, citing "Misinformation." Referring to Kennedy as the "Most censored famous person in the United States," Tucker points out that most Americans have likely heard more about Kennedy than from him, as few outlets will give him a platform.
Of course, Joe Rogan famously interviewed Kennedy on his podcast last week, a portion of which Tucker shared, expressing his appreciation of Kennedy's willingness to ask important questions - his curiosity.
Tucker astutely predicts that Hotez will never debate Bobby Kennedy but maintains that it doesn't matter - Kennedy has already won.
After almost 20 years of being silenced, Bobby Kennedy Junior is being heard, and why wouldn't he be? Kennedy's theories about vaccines may be right, they may be partially right, they could be even utterly wrong - no one's proved it either way.
Bobby Kennedy is a mainstream figure, and people understand that - that's why he's winning.
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