I strongly denounce comments made earlier this week by RFK Jr. implying that Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese were relatively "spared" by COVID-19, while Caucasian and Black people were specifically targeted. Whether intentionally or not, his remarks amplify sinister and unfounded notions that are both anti-Semitic and anti-Chinese.🧵
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Kennedy’s “I’m only asking questions” use of the most anti-Semitic tropes is unacceptable. As a Jewish American candidate in the 2024 presidential race, I stand against this covert racism writ large. Such language serves only to divide us further at a moment when we need desperately to unite.
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MW To deliberately mischaracterize and/or bare false witness is an act of destruction. Those that align with destruction will meet with destruction 🫵
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You are a liar and an enemy of humanity. Your soul debt will be significant 😘
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Remember when @SenWarren slandered @BernieSanders with a sexism accusation Instead of criticizing warmonger @JoeBiden ? Remember the 16 @washingtonpost hit pieces in 16 hours? Did you enjoy when they were shared by the establishment? Bad look Marianne
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The conspiracy theorist, anti-vaxxer, and longshot Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed at a press event that COVID-19 may be a Genetically Engineered Bioweapon “Ethnically Targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people ... I SAW THE VIDEO MYSELF!
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3266…

New insights into genetic susceptibility of COVID-19: an ACE2 and TMPRSS2 polymorphism analysis -...

This study suggested that ACE2 or TMPRSS2 DNA polymorphisms were likely associated with genetic susceptibility of COVID-19, which calls for a human genetics initiative for fighting the COVID-19...

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Your first 2 Tweets here are your personal reaction to what RFK Jr actually said. This Mother Jones article though is a deliberate attempt to distort what he said and to inflame the situation. It's just like the smears they do on you. Keep the first 2 up, but delete this one.
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Bryce Greene @TheGreeneBJ
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NYT is straight up lying about RFK Jr. RFK cited a scientific paper defending his remarks. The NYT falsely claims that the paper makes no references to Ashkenazi Jews. They issued a correction, admitting they only looked at the abstract. But the articles body is unchanged.
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