RFK Jr. accused of making antisemitic, racist claims about COVID-19 but insists he was misunderstood
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared to claim COVID was arguably "engineered" to target certain ethnicities while other groups were more immune, like Chinese and Jewish people Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced accusations of making antisemitic and racist remarks over the weekend after he was recorded citing a false conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was "targeted to" certain ethnicities while Chinese people and Jews of European descent were more immune. Despite the ongoing investigation into exactly how the pandemic started, U.S. intelligence agencies, Health officials and leading experts all agree that evidence does not indicate the virus was engineered. In a brief phone interview with ABC News on Sunday, Kennedy insisted he was "appalled." He said his comments about immunity had been misunderstood, specifically over how a news report implied he was talking about some ethnicities being "spared." He also invoked his famous ...