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“I STRONGLY condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid being engineered for ethnic targeting,” Kerry, 63, wroteon TwitterMonday.
Since 1988, Kerry has spearheaded her family’s advocacy organization, RFK Human Rights, carrying on the legacy of her late father,Robert F. Kennedy. As her older brother, 69, has leaned into conspiracy theories surrounding vaccines and COVID-19 — and elevated his profile afterentering the 2024 presidential race— Kerry hasrepeatedly had to clarifythat his views do not reflect the organization bearing his name.
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“COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” he said. “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
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The environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine conspiracist tweeted on Saturday thatThe New York Post’s story was “mistaken” and claimed “I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews.”
He continued to explain that he “accurately pointed out — during an off-the-record conversation — that the U.S. and other governments are developing ethnically targeted bioweapons” and linked a study published inJuly 2020on the genetic susceptibility of the COVID-19 virus.
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However, the study did not state that the COVID-19 virus was targeting any one racial group. It also did not find that Chinese people are more receptive to the virus. The research did say that one receptor for the virus was not found among the Amish Ashkenazi Jewish populations, according toThe New York Times.
Dr. Rasmussen explained onTwitterSaturday that “Jewish or Chinese protease consensus sequences are not a thing in biochemistry, but they are in racism and antisemitism.”
He continued: “I understand the emotional pain that these inaccurate distortions and fabrications have caused to many Jews who recall the blood libels of poison wells and the deliberate spread of disease as the pretext for genocidal programs against their ancestors.
“My father and my uncles,John F. Kennedyand SenatorEdward Kennedy, devoted enormous political energies during their careers to supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism. I intend to spend my political career making those family causes my priority."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, arrive at the 2019 RFK Ripple of Hope Awards.Dia Dipasupil/Getty
“Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is a nonprofit organization grounded in the legacy and transformative leadership of my father,” Kerry wrote at the time, explaining the goal of her organization’s work. “We hold governments accountable, engage businesses to align with human rights norms and train the next generation of leaders to become human rights defenders in their own right.”
“Everyone [in the family] loves him and recognizes his talent,” Doug said. “Not everyone agrees with his positions.”
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