Unrepentant Robert Kennedy Jr attempts to revive campaign after antisemitism accusations
by Ed Pilkington in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6D9E6)
At an event in New York hosted by celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach, RFK Jr told the audience he was facing censorship' and character assassination'
Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr has said that he should have been more careful" in making his recent false remarks about the ethnic targeting" of the Covid pandemic.
At a campaign debate in New York on Tuesday night, Kennedy sought to put the accusation of antisemitism that has engulfed his campaign behind him. But he stopped short of retracting his false claim that coronavirus had been targeted to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people from the impact of the disease.
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