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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Undercuts Democrats on January 6: ‘Little Evidence of a True Insurrection’
Breitbart ^ | April 5 2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 04/06/2024 1:31:57 AM PDT by knighthawk

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a statement on the January 6 prosecutions Friday, saying that while violent rioters deserved to be punished, many prosecutions of non-violent protesters were excessive.

Kennedy’s statement undercuts the Democratic Party’s effort to portray the 2024 election as a “defense of democracy” and a referendum on the so-called “insurrection,” which Democrats blame on former President Donald Trump.

Kennedy’s statement reads as follows:

January 6 is one of the most polarizing topics on the political landscape. I am listening to people of diverse viewpoints on it in order to make sense of the event and what followed. I want to hear every side.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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KEYWORDS: january6; kennedy; rfk
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1 posted on 04/06/2024 1:31:57 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

RFK, Jr. was interviewed by Howie Carr on Friday.


2 posted on 04/06/2024 1:49:59 AM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦....We are in the later stages of a Communist takeover...)
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To: knighthawk

Who hurts more from that admission? Will it pull away Democrats away from Bidon because he’s a safe vote for a Democrat that doesn’t want to admit he was wrong about everything or will he attract Republican votes from those who still wont’ vote Trump?


3 posted on 04/06/2024 2:21:04 AM PDT by Jonty30 (A rich man is called a sugar daddy. A poor man is called into HR.)
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RFK, Jr’s statement included these thoughtful words:

“I have not examined the evidence in detail, but reasonable people, including Trump opponents, tell me there is little evidence of a true insurrection.

They observe that the protesters carried no weapons, had no plans or ability to seize the reins of government, and that Trump himself had urged them to protest “peacefully.”

Like many reasonable Americans, I am concerned about the possibility that political objectives motivated the vigor of the prosecution of the J6 defendants, their long sentences, and their harsh treatment.

That would fit a disturbing pattern of the weaponization of government agencies — the DoJ, the IRS, the SEC, the FBI, etc. — against political opponents.

One can, as I do, oppose Donald Trump and all he stands for, and still be disturbed by the weaponization of government against him.”


4 posted on 04/06/2024 2:23:34 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: knighthawk

Little evidence of an insurrection because it was an FBI operation.


5 posted on 04/06/2024 2:33:38 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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The 100-million vote 2024 “winner” Biden ...../sarc......
has his reelection invested in his J6 “victimhood” status.

He’s too flawed to win on his own merits.....needs as many
“crutches” as possible, plus the ol’ reliable Dem fraud machine.

He’ll do anything to keep J6 at the forefront to burnish his electability.


6 posted on 04/06/2024 2:36:58 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: knighthawk

Surly we must be approaching END TIMES!

Floods!
Earthquakes!
Mega snowstorms in the Spring !

Now a liberal democrat diverges from the party line !

What’s next?

Fire? Brimstone? The Rapture?


7 posted on 04/06/2024 2:55:44 AM PDT by Iron Munro (When Islam dominates democracy, freedom and non-Islamic people die)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Government involvement for sure, just look at what their doing to trump through the weaponized corrupt justice system. They highjacked this country


8 posted on 04/06/2024 3:05:17 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: knighthawk

From Breitbart:

𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

It’s also so nice that we’re hearing him come out with this stuff over three years later, when he’s running for a higher office. Stunning. Brave.


9 posted on 04/06/2024 3:09:57 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Iron Munro

Also, that NY Biden-appointed judge just pointed out the two-tier justice issue re Hunter & Navarro. They did the same thing, but Hunter’s free and Navarro is in Graybar Hotel. (And Navarro had Executive Privilege while Hunter didn’t.)


10 posted on 04/06/2024 3:14:24 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: knighthawk

The fact not a single person has been charged with insurrection should tip everyone off…..


11 posted on 04/06/2024 4:01:34 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: knighthawk
It is quite clear that many of the January 6 protestors broke the law in what may have started as a protest but turned into a riot. Because it happened with the encouragement of President Trump, and in the context of his delusion that the election was stolen from him, many people see it not as a riot but as an insurrection.

First, entering the Capitol and rioting were not done at the encouragement of Donald Trump. Trump very directly and plainly told the peaceful protesters to walk down to the Capitol, not to enter it.

Likewise Trump's awareness of the theft of the 2020 election was and is not a delusion, as the movie 2000 Mules showed very convincingly. The election was stolen very intentionally and with much planning and execution by a lot of people.

So Kennedy, though he displays some signs of awareness of reality, he is still a Rat, through and through, who repeats the canonical lies and 'talking points' of the Marxists.

I am glad of his courageous honesty and writing about the Covid virus and the vaccine plots, which are truthful. But here he is reverting to his Rat roots.

I consider him a work in progress. Wish him well in the 2024 election; I hope a lot of people vote for him.

12 posted on 04/06/2024 4:08:49 AM PDT by caddie
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To: knighthawk

“real insurrection”?
Even a “small” insurrection would entail a lot of weapons and killing and destruction. The only weapons fired were by murderous “police”...


13 posted on 04/06/2024 4:20:41 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Jonty30

“Who hurts more from that admission”

‘That admission’ ?

Admission? What admission?

“Little evidence of an insurrection?”

The Democrat throws Trump a bone. Eh, no.

Little evidence is not no evidence. It is evidence. A little evidence.

He’s a lasyer. He knows this. 95% of the people reading this won’t look at it like this

He is a very smart guy and a very smart lawyer. He knows exactly what he’s saying. Little evidence. Where is it? What is it? Who did the insurrection?


14 posted on 04/06/2024 4:27:47 AM PDT by stanne
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To: knighthawk

“Because it happened with the encouragement of President Trump, and in the context of his delusion that the election was stolen from him, many people see it not as a riot but as an insurrection.”

That’s all I needed to read. He continues the lie.


15 posted on 04/06/2024 4:33:46 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: Liz

**Donald Trump and all he stands for**
Explain what that statement means!!!
What does he stand for that anyone would object. If hearing the lying media make absolute made up accusations, and you believe them.. You don’t need to have the freedom to vote. Think for yourself, without the lies running thru your head..
Don’t be a useful body the media can use.
Trump time as President - - -
Economy was good
Border was closed
Getting along with countries. Not waring with them.
Had our own oil
Respect
Strong
The dems hated him so they took a good thing and brought in a demintia patient.. Weak and unable to be a President.. Their goal is not to be a strong nation
But to be in control.


16 posted on 04/06/2024 4:43:00 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Does so

Trying to creep back toward Trump voters after naming his far-left running mate?


17 posted on 04/06/2024 4:44:32 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Trying to be the calm in the midst of hate.


18 posted on 04/06/2024 4:48:46 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: knighthawk

J6 is the achilles heel of the UniParty. Combined with lawfare against DJT it is a mockery of America and Americans

in the face of government power-either we all count or nobody counts


19 posted on 04/06/2024 4:56:03 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: mo

It is the standard the dems live by..
Lies, make up anything that would stop DJT.


20 posted on 04/06/2024 4:58:44 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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