Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, who is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee had an audience with Democratic presidential aspirant Robert Kennedy, Jr. before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
During the hearing, Jordan amplified RFK, Jr's smear against the late Hank Aaron. After Aaron's death in January 2021, RFK, Jr. claimed, "Hank Aaron’s tragic death is part of a wave of suspicious deaths among elderly closely following administration of COVID vaccines."
This is, of course, a load of fatuous nonsense. There was no wave of suspicious deaths of older Americans after taking the COVID vaccine. That's as nonsensical as his recent claim that Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese are mostly immune from COVID. But Jordan is as much of a demagogue as RFK, Jr. Jordan claimed:
When you look at Mr. Kennedy’s tweet, there was nothing there that was factually inaccurate. Hank Aaron, real person, great American, passed away after he got the vaccine. Pointing out, just pointing out facts.
That Hank Aaron died after receiving a COVID vaccine is a long way from the COVID vaccine causing his death. Surely, Jordan can understand the distinction and is being willfully obtuse. Or perhaps he is really that stupid and wouldn't know a fact if it was injected into his arm.
Yet I'm inclined to believe the former. Jordan knows what RFK, Jr. says is bullshit and is more than happy to smear Hank Aaron if it helps him fill his fundraising coffers, makes RFK, Jr. a useful idiot while trying to undermine President Biden and, worst of all, discourage Americans from getting COVID vaccinations.
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