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RFK Jr. is a right wing, conspiracy pushing, anti-vaccine candidate. He is presently running for the Democratic nomination for presidential candidate. The particular problem with the RFK Jr. candidacy is that he enjoys widespread support due to the Kennedy name and the values that the name has historically supported.

The present purpose of this community is to spread awareness of RFK Jr's actual positions and viewpoints in an effort to diminish his utility as a chaos agent and a spoiler in the upcoming election cycle.

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RFK Jr. is a Stooge - The subreddit that began the phenomena of highlighting the horribleness of the stooge, spoiler, and scion, RFK Jr.

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Skeptic - For looking at the broader world of cranks, quacks, and pseudoscience beyond, but including, RFK Jr!

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Respectful Insolence - Blog by the super secret medical doctor, Orac, who has been debunking RFK Jr.'s medical misinformation since at least 2005!

Science Based Medicine - Detailed posts about various forms of medical misinformation and why they are misinformation.

Skeptical Raptor - Ancient scaly dinosaur tackles modern medical misinformation. The hard part was teaching it to type.

RationalWiki - A great resource for debunking various conspiracy and pseudoscience claims with some wonderful humor. An invaluable resource in these dark times when RFK Jr. is running for the Democratic nomination.

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Laura Ingraham Declares, ‘Popular’ RFK Jr. Is ‘Polling So Well’ as Graphic Shows Him Trailing By 57 Points (www.mediaite.com)

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[–] machin_shin@lemm.ee 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

To be fair, if that poll is real he is polling shockingly well for a right wing nut job in a Democratic primary against an incumbent president.

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[–] RegularFodder@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 3 years ago

Even if that were to be true, the only thing shown is that RFK Jr has no chance in the primary. Though, I am not convinced that is true when in 2012, an incarcerated inmate won 40% of the primary vote in WV against Obama. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/prison-inmate-wins-more-than-40-of-democratic-vote-over-president-obama-in-wv-primary

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[–] SlowNoPoPo@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

Eh, even if that's registered Democrats there are a lot of Republicans in that primary

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

With his ideas and policies, RFK Jr might actually poll above Death Santis if he attaches R next to his name.

Most of the Republican voters won’t even realize this is RFK Jr. and not their lord and messiah JFK Jr.

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[–] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Problem is if he is polling this well he could run independently and be a spoiler.

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[–] RegularFodder@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 3 years ago

I wouldn't put it past him to try to run as an independent. Even though many states have sore loser laws to prevent failed major party candidates from launching an independent bid, I imagine he could find a way to weasel around that. The other possibility that I see him pursuing is getting attached as a VP candidate to a Trump ticket. RFK Jr has already stated that he would be willing to accept a position in a Republican administration, and has been flattered by compliments from Trump.