Two months before the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, dangerous conspiracy theorist and possible Trump administration cabinet member RFK Jr. took to social media to declare he “won’t take sides on 9/11” while propping up dangerous, offensive conspiracy theories about one of our nation’s darkest days.
It was not the first time RFK Jr. had announced his skepticism of the official 9/11 account. In 2002, RFK Jr. claimed that big hog farmers were more threatening to the United States than Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, calling them the “enemy within” at a sustainable farming conference — mere months after the terrorist attacks — that was attended by 700 Iowans, according to The Des Moines Register.
According to the Daily Caller, in another 2002 speech, RFK Jr. stated that, despite “losing many friends” in the 9/11 attacks, he maintained that “the threat that is offered by an outside terrorist group like Osama bin Laden, who is clearly evil—our democracy is too durable to suffer any real damage from external threats.”
Years later, when testifying before a House Judiciary subcommittee, RFK Jr. doubled down on his claim that hog farmers were a bigger threat than Osama bin Laden, saying, “I believe it and I support it.”
After suspending his campaign for president, RFK Jr. gave Donald Trump his total endorsement, was named a co-chair of the Trump transition team, and has been proposed to run federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services.
“An RFK Jr. endorsement comes with owning his 9/11 trutherism and other dangerous conspiracies like vaccines causing autism, pesticides turning young people transgender, and antidepressants causing mass shootings,” said American Bridge 21st Century spokesperson Brandon Weathersby. “Today, as Donald Trump uses first responders as campaign props, he should have to answer why he’s accepted the endorsement of someone like RFK Jr. who is pushing harmful and offensive conspiracy theories about 9/11. It’s up to Trump to explain to voters why he’s considering making someone part of his cabinet who will repeat any conspiracy theory he thinks will bring him attention and dollars.”
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Published: Sep 11, 2024 | Last Modified: Sep 12, 2024