U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy‘s son, Jack Schlossberg, is defending his comments slamming cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his conspiracy theory-filled presidential run.
In May, Schlossberg posted a video in which he declared, “President John F. Kennedy is my grandfather and his legacy is important.”
He spoke in support of Biden’s presidency, “If my cousin, Bobby Kennedy Jr., cared about any of them, he would support Joe Biden, too. Instead, he’s trading in on Camelot, celebrity, conspiracy theories, and conflict for personal gain and fame.”
Schlossberg also stated in his video that RFK Jr.’s candidacy was “an embarrassment.”
In an appearance on the Today Show, in response toSavannah Guthrie asked Schlossberg: “What led you to do that? Why was it important to you? Are you glad you did it?”
Schlossberg confirmed that he stands by the message of the video.
“I love my family and I’m very proud of our legacy of public service…we’re lucky to have [my mom] as U.S. ambassador to Australia,” he said. “But I think Joe Biden is a fantastic president. On every from the economy, health care, climate change, civil rights — his record speaks for itself.”
Caroline told Guthrie she hadn’t known Schlossberg had planned to release a video, but that the whole ordeal is really “not complicated.”
RFK Jr. has delivered an abundance of misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations. He recently made headlines for a bout of antisemitic discourse that alleged Jews engineered and spread the virus.
RFK Jr.’s younger sister, Kerry Kennedy, runs a human rights organization by the name of their father, Robert F. Kennedy.
In response to the controversy, she posted on X, “I STRONGLY condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid-19 being engineered for ethnic targeting.”
However, House Republicans seem to have embraced RFK Jr. and even asked him to speak at a GOP-led House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
In the hearing, RFK Jr. accused his political nemeses of attempts to “silence him,” with the declaration, “In my entire life, and while I’m under oath I have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or antisemitic.”
He also falsely claimed he has “never been anti-vaccine,” despite past remarks and the anti-vaccination advocacy group he founded in 2011.
