Thread by @mtracey

Of course RFK Jr. was neck-deep in all kinds of Russiagate conspiracy nonsense. Have any of his new cult followers bothered to actually research the guy?

I mean seriously -- any research at all? Like even some cursory Googling?

It's funny that this guy has lots of right-wing fans

Has anyone ever endorsed Hillary Clinton more consecutive times than Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?

RFK Jr. wanted to make absolutely, emphatically certain that no one ever thought he endorsed Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primaries

RFK Jr. pilgrimaged to Israel in 2019 and declared "The United States is no longer a democracy" because of Donald Trump

"Leave a message at 916-445-2841 thanking Gov. Newsom for his humane instincts and fearless leadership," urged RFK Jr. in 2019

(I know, why bother looking at anything a presidential candidate did all the way back in 2019 -- practically the Middle Ages)

RFK Jr. is supposed to be the hero of everyone who hated COVID lockdowns, yet he seemed to be the champion of all the governors who imposed the most irrational, excessive COVID lockdowns

In his godawful 2018 book, RFK Jr. continues his family dynasty's decades-long mythology project of ludicrously trying to argue that JFK only "reluctantly" escalated the Vietnam War -- utter BS. Read Sy Hersh for how the Kennedys have manipulated the press on this since the 1960s

RFK Jr., like the rest of his incredibly overrated family, is one of the most outlandishly unearned beneficiaries of nepotistic privilege literally in all of US history -- but that's now wiped from the record by his new cult followers who first heard him on YouTube two months ago

RFK Jr. upon the death of John McCain in August 2018: "McCain was always kind to me. He was a leader in climate for a decade and was not scared to cross the aisle. He also was a voice of sanity and morality... People are mourning the loss of the Republic."

As he explained to Oprah in 2007, RFK Jr. spent decades sucking up to every prominent Democrat in the country (his "friends") in hopes of leveraging his family name to get appointed to some high office, especially his father's old senate seat in NY. A true lifetime of sycophancy

In 2020, RFK Jr. summarized the melodramatic #Resistance spiel he'd been hawking for the entire Trump presidency, declaring Trump had somehow uniquely "discredited the American experiment" -- whereas he was a big fan of all the Democrats running for president, including Biden

Is there even any evidence that this guy contemporaneously opposed COVID lockdowns, which people seem to just kind of take for granted that he must've done, despite the lack of any real evidence to that effect? God, some of you people are so easy to scam, it's embarrassing

Sort of odd that RFK Jr. claims he discovered his son was fighting against Russia in Ukraine last year when he looked at the (26-year-old) son's credit card bills (?)

"Putin is a gangster, he's homicidal, he's a thug, he's one of the worst people alive today," RFK Jr. declared

If he has access to his 26-year-old son's credit card bills, does that mean RFK Jr. was paying for the son to fight against Russia on front-line combat missions -- purportedly as a machine gunner and a drone operator? Nice photo shoots, too. Great lighting

Anyway, looking forward to the evidence of RFK Jr.'s brave opposition to lockdowns in March/April/May of 2020. You know, when the "stay-at-home" orders were actually still in effect. Because the factual record shows he was touting lockdowns at the time for "slowing the spread"

And the hits just keep on coming. Here is RFK Jr. in the ancient times of 2014 demonstrating his commitment to civil liberties by inveighing that those who disagree with his apocalyptic climate theories ought to be thrown in prison

Here he is raving about Putin, for those who requested the exact clip

In 2018, RFK Jr. published an op-ed for NBC's website denouncing Trump as insufficiently committed to democracy-promotion abroad. Fittingly, the visual accompaniment is a nice big photo of his father conferring with J. Edgar Hoover

Do the newfound right-wing fans of RFK Jr. have any reason to believe he’s modified his stance on this?

https://twitter.com/robertkennedyjr/status/964220839653662720

RFK Jr. at the 2004 Democratic convention: John Kerry has been the best champion, must be sent to the White House to preserve the dignity of this nation and "live up to the promises of our culture"

RFK Jr. and guest of honor Chelsea Clinton at the Riverkeeper Fishermen's Ball -- RFK's advocacy organization -- in New York City, April 2014

RFK Jr. and his mother Ethel Kennedy pose with Hillary Clinton, recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award, at a gala honoring Hillary's "commitment to social change" in NYC -- December 2014. Past winners of the award had included Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Bono

2022 recipients of the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award included Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America; Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex; and -- wait for it -- Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. Proceedings were emceed by Alec Baldwin

Do I need to continue 😂

So much of this cult-worship is just GOP "rat-fucking" anyway, there is zero chance that all the GOP media operatives hyping RFK Jr. up right now would ever actually support him over Trump or DeSantis. It's purely to create a political nuisance for Biden

What the hell, I'll keep going

July 2016: RFK Jr. says the rise of Trump is "scary" because it reflects an "atavistic" urge in the US population for a "violent" leader

"I'm solidly for Hillary," he declared. "I think Hillary is going to be a very, very good president"

You'd be hard-pressed to find a more consistent, long-term champion of Hillary Clinton than RFK Jr.

January 2009: Obama "couldn't have gotten a better choice" for Secretary of State

Recall, Hillary became the most virulent hawk in the administration. RFK continued endorsing her

January 2017: RFK Jr. complains that the GOP is bringing back the "darkest days" of redbaiting and McCarthyism

February 2018: RFK Jr. laments the absence of McCarthyist "zeal" in targeting the "Russian sympathizers" who had allegedly infiltrated the US government under Trump

Recipient of the 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award: Joe Biden. Earlier this month, Biden was reported to have called RFK Jr.'s mother Ethel to wish her a happy 95th birthday. So there couldn't be too much bad blood between the families, don't you think?

Alright, that's enough for now. I think you get the idea