Republican strategist Karl Rove clashed with Fox News' Bill Hemmer over the decision to promote the candidacy of anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
One day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis floated appointing Kennedy to run the Centers for Disease Control, Rove argued that no one should be promoting him given his wide array of fringe views.
"He's got lots of conspiracy theories," Rove said and then outlined Kennedy's false claims about the 2004 election being stolen by then-President George W. Bush and his theories about his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, being murdered by the CIA. "I mean, this guy's a nut!"
Hemmer, however, pushed back on Rove's characterization of Kennedy.
"Despite all that, he's attracted 20 percent... in polling," Hemmer said. "So his messages on some of these issues are getting through, or at least cutting through, to some of the electorate."
"I disagree," Rove countered, and then went on to say that he was only getting backing due to President Joe Biden's low approval numbers and due to name recognition as a member of the Kennedy family.
Hammer insisted, however, that Kennedy was simply "a different kind of Democrat" and "the kind of Democrat you and I grew up with."
Watch the video below or at this link.
- RFK Jr: Reporters are trying to 'discredit me as a crank' by twisting my rant about COVID and Jews ›
- 'Disinformation can kill': How RFK Jr. 'had everything to do with' a measles outbreak in American Samoa ›
- DeSantis has 'hopelessly lost the plot' by promoting RFK Jr.: conservative ›
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders has lowest approval rating of any Arkansas governor over last 20 years - Alternet.org ›
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends using campaign donations to pay family members - Alternet.org ›
- 'We’re run by a pedophile ring': RFK Jr. fan called out for conspiracy theories on C-SPAN - Alternet.org ›
- 'They’re delusional': GOP consultant warns Republicans not to dismiss third party threat - Alternet.org ›