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Joe Kennedy III statement re: his uncle, rfk junior. (Original Post) sheshe2 Friday OP
+1 GreenWave Friday #1
Kick SheltieLover Friday #2
It says something when so many members of his own family BlueKota Friday #3
Here is Caroline Kennedy's letter to Congress. sheshe2 Friday #6
He's a psychopath, she mcar Friday #11
Yes, exactly, mcar. sheshe2 Friday #13
Wow. He truly is a deviant. BlueKota Friday #18
I don't think anyone in his own family likes him Jilly_in_VA Friday #4
She called Biden to apologize for him. . . Stargleamer 16 hrs ago #32
She was right Jilly_in_VA 14 hrs ago #33
RFK jr's ego is humongous. He doesn't care what his family BigmanPigman Friday #5
It's hard to believe he grew up in that family FakeNoose Friday #15
A thousand thanks, Joe Kennedy III. Paladin Friday #7
K&R for, well ok but have had it with the whole bunch UTUSN Friday #8
Mahalo for Joe Kennedy's Statement, she.. Cha Friday #9
Yes, that is the point, Cha. sheshe2 Friday #14
Rod Serling's Living Twilight Zone. Cha Friday #17
I don't think even Serling couldn't have imagined this, Cha. sheshe2 Friday #20
I know, right? I've told my experience of Cha Friday #24
Senate Rs should have listened. nt mcar Friday #10
Unless they wanted to have something to criticize? calimary Friday #21
That doesn't make sense mcar Friday #22
He put baby chicks and mice in a blender to feed his hawks. sheshe2 Friday #23
He's not an individual serial killer mcar Friday #27
Mass murder, by a coldhearted shell of a man. sheshe2 Friday #29
The deaths of children are bound to be in rural areas mcar Friday #30
Hear, hear berniesandersmittens Friday #12
K&R red dog 1 Friday #16
My guess is that Secretary Kennedy will not be invited to the family Thanksgiving or Christmas. TomSlick Friday #19
ding. AllaN01Bear Friday #25
K&R ReRe Friday #26
It not just the vaccines, he is cancelling life saving research. sheshe2 Friday #28
My wife's parents are republicans. They have voted r in every election that I know of. C Moon Yesterday #31

sheshe2

(93,498 posts)
6. Here is Caroline Kennedy's letter to Congress.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:59 PM
Friday
Caroline Kennedy Condemns “Predator” RFK Jr. in Blistering Letter to Congress

The daughter of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who’s served as U.S. ambassador to both Japan and Australia, is RFK Jr.’s first cousin. Caroline has been notoriously private when it comes to press, but as RFK heads to Capitol Hill in hopes of being confirmed as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, she’s speaking out in a very public way.

In a letter to Congress, Caroline calls RFK Jr. a “predator” who “preys on the desperation of parents and sick children” with his anti-vaccine rhetoric. She says that her father and both her Kennedy uncles (including RFK Jr.’s own father) would be “disgusted” by his political conduct. And she declares that Americans deserve “a stable, moral, and ethical person” to lead the charge on our healthcare system — and therefore, she formally asks the Senate to reject his nomination.

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Overseeing the FDA, the NIH, the CDC, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — agencies that are charged with protecting the most vulnerable among us — is an enormous responsibility, and one that Bobby is unqualified to fill. He lacks any relevant government, financial, management, or medical experience. His views on vaccines are dangerous and willfully misinformed. These facts alone should be disqualifying. But he has personal qualities related to this position which, for me, post even greater concern.

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I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator. He has always been charismatic — able to attract others through the strength of his personality, willingness to take risks and break the rules. I watched his younger brothers and cousins follow him down the path of drug addiction. His basement, his garage, and his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence.


More: https://katiecouric.com/news/politics-and-policy/caroline-kennedy-letter-rfk-jr/

mcar

(45,248 posts)
11. He's a psychopath, she
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:37 PM
Friday

A mass murdered who uses his embrace of conspiracy theories to kill children and vulnerable adults.

sheshe2

(93,498 posts)
13. Yes, exactly, mcar.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:48 PM
Friday

All this from a man that self-medicated on HEROIN for fourteen years.

This man is sick and a danger to us all.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,906 posts)
4. I don't think anyone in his own family likes him
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:33 PM
Friday

I suspect even his own mother has probably given up on him Oh wait, isn't she dead now? I hopw she wrote him out of her will!

Jilly_in_VA

(12,906 posts)
33. She was right
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 01:08 PM
14 hrs ago

and very gracious of Joe to accept, too. But that's our Joe!

If I had a kid like RFK Jr, I would have denounced him to everyone. Out loud and in public.It would be awful to have to do, but I'd do it. He is no better than any common criminal. Maybe worse, because he is playing with millions of lives!

BigmanPigman

(53,614 posts)
5. RFK jr's ego is humongous. He doesn't care what his family
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:48 PM
Friday

thinks about him. If he did he would be a different person by now. He is the black sheep and he loves it or his actions would be different. He is a waste case for the Kennedy family.

FakeNoose

(38,498 posts)
15. It's hard to believe he grew up in that family
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:08 PM
Friday

The Kennedy Clan should have disowned him years ago. I mean, he could have stayed out of politics and it wouldn't have mattered so much. But he's destroying the Kennedy name now.

Paladin

(31,528 posts)
7. A thousand thanks, Joe Kennedy III.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:24 PM
Friday

Hey, every family has one. Never doubt that your comments are greatly appreciated.

Cha

(314,048 posts)
9. Mahalo for Joe Kennedy's Statement, she..
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:35 PM
Friday

What a Twilight Zone.

That's the whole point of the RF Kennedy is to Kill Americans or he wouldn't have gotten the job from the Traitor and Putin approved.

sheshe2

(93,498 posts)
14. Yes, that is the point, Cha.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 06:53 PM
Friday

Trump hates America and wants to destroy it any way he can.

Cha

(314,048 posts)
17. Rod Serling's Living Twilight Zone.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:10 PM
Friday

How could we ever imagine America would come to this back in the day when we were watching it on TV?

Cha

(314,048 posts)
24. I know, right? I've told my experience of
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:55 PM
Friday

of meeting Rod Serling in person in the 70s in Gainesville, Florida.. it was my 6 degrees of the Twilight Zone..

Now We're All IN It.. and Have to Get OUT!

calimary

(87,659 posts)
21. Unless they wanted to have something to criticize?
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:37 PM
Friday

Something they could point to, so they could say it’s proof that we Dems are NOT okay (“THIS guy? Just proof that you Dems are idiots!”).

mcar

(45,248 posts)
22. That doesn't make sense
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:45 PM
Friday

Bob Jr is their guy, not ours. Granted he got attention from some of the far left conspiracy theorists. But he's their guy. No Democrats voted for this mess.

I think that was borne out in the hearing.

sheshe2

(93,498 posts)
23. He put baby chicks and mice in a blender to feed his hawks.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:53 PM
Friday

That is psycho mass murderer mentality right there. He waited a long time to fulfill his dream and now, the American people will pay the price.

mcar

(45,248 posts)
27. He's not an individual serial killer
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:21 PM
Friday

He's going to kill as many of us as he can. Sick fck.

sheshe2

(93,498 posts)
29. Mass murder, by a coldhearted shell of a man.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:39 PM
Friday

The deaths won't care about party lines or accumulated wealth.

mcar

(45,248 posts)
30. The deaths of children are bound to be in rural areas
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:42 PM
Friday

a lot in the South, especially considering Gov. DeathSentence's recent edict against vaccines. The rural health system here is already a shambles. Wait till the Medicaid cuts come through.

Children will die. Women and girls will be forced to give birth, have little to no food or medical support, and then watch their children die of measles.

That's pro-life in the US of A.

TomSlick

(12,698 posts)
19. My guess is that Secretary Kennedy will not be invited to the family Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:29 PM
Friday

My uneducated guess is the guy is mentally unwell. Which, of course, means that he is a perfect fit in the Trump administration.

ReRe

(11,843 posts)
26. K&R
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:18 PM
Friday

I cannot imagine what it would be like to be related to this man.
He has his wonderful father's name, yet it must mean nothing to him.
For the life of me, I will never understand how someone so unqualified
could have been considered for NIH Director. The number of people
who will die (or has already) is incalculable.

sheshe2

(93,498 posts)
28. It not just the vaccines, he is cancelling life saving research.
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 09:28 PM
Friday

Trump and his picks have made us into one of those 'shithole' countries he was railing about.

I am out of words.

C Moon

(13,145 posts)
31. My wife's parents are republicans. They have voted r in every election that I know of.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 03:22 AM
Yesterday

I'm not sure about trump's past election, though.
Regardless, they both got flu and COVID vaccines today.

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