Kennedy, a former Democrat and scion of the wealthy political family, first rose to prominence as an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist. Around 2015, he joined the board of the nonprofit Children's Health Defense (CHD), which alleges that conditions like autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are caused by environmental factors, including harmful agents in vaccines.
In August, Kennedy suspended his campaign and threw his support behind Trump, saying, 'If President Trump is elected and honors his word, the vast burden of chronic disease that burdens and bankrupts the country will disappear,' at the time.
Kennedy has repeatedly spread misinformation about vaccines, and in 2021 was named by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as one of the 'disinformation dozen,' spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic across Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
He has suggested, in contradiction to all reputable scientific research, that Covid-19 may have been 'ethnically targeted' to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people and that HIV does not cause AIDS, and implied that vaccine mandates are worse than the Holocaust.
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