RFK, Jr's Claim That Biden is a "Worse Threat to Democracy" Than Trump is an April Fool's Joke

In an interview with Erin Burnett on CNN last night, independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr. claimed President Biden is "a worse threat to democracy" than defeated, former President Donald Trump:

I can make the argument that President Biden is the much worse threat to democracy, and the reason for that is President Biden is the first candidate in history – the first president in history that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech, so to censor his opponent.

Given that RFK, Jr. made this claim on April Fool's Day, one can view it as a joke. The problem is there are people who will accept RFK, Jr.'s word at face value.

The fact is that Meta (which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram) suspended RFK, Jr.'s accounts in May 2022 for spreading vaccine misinformation. At the time, RFK, Jr. claimed, “Facebook is acting here as a surrogate for the federal government’s crusade to silence all criticism of draconian government policies.”

RFK, Jr. can make all the accusations he wants, but he cannot point to any executive order or directive by President Biden demonstrating federal governmental involvement. The fact is Meta is a publicly traded company which restored his accounts in June 2023 after declaring his White House bid. If President Biden was truly a greater danger to democracy than Trump then RFK, Jr. would have no presidential bid much less any social media accounts.

All of which makes Cleveland Plain-Dealer editor Chris Quinn's letter so salient:

The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms. If that offends them, so be it.

As for those who equate Trump and Joe Biden, that’s false equivalency. Biden has done nothing remotely close to the egregious, anti-American acts of Trump. We can debate the success and mindset of our current president, as we have about most presidents in our lifetimes, but Biden was never a threat to our democracy. Trump is. He is unique among all American presidents for his efforts to keep power at any cost.

Frankly, when RFK, Jr. spouts his anti-vaccine propaganda he is telling us the earth is flat. The same is true when he tells us that President Biden is a worse threat to democracy than Donald Trump. President Biden had nothing to do with Meta's decision to remove RFK, Jr. from their social media platforms. They alone chose to remove his accounts and they alone chose to restore his accounts.

As for President Biden, when has he ever called for the arrest of a political opponent much less disputed the outcome of an election? Should President Biden lose to Trump in November, he will concede. Full stop. The same simply cannot be said of Trump who will move heaven and hell to prevent Biden from serving a second term. And if RFK, Jr. thinks life is rough under a Biden presidency, he has no idea what he is in store for should Trump return to the White House.