RFK Jr. warns government censorship could open door to 'atrocity' days after face-off with House Democrats
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Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. criticized censorship on "Sunday Morning Futures," telling Maria Bartiromo that free speech is the "cornerstone" of democracy.
The remarks come after the 2024 presidential hopeful faced off with House Democrats at a hearing on federal government censorship last Thursday. Democrats, including Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, accused Kennedy of holding racist views for comments stating that COVID-19 may have been "ethnically targeted" as he alleged those most immune to the virus were Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people. Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.
"This should not be a partisan issue. This needs to be bipartisan," he said of free speech. "The Democratic Party has always fought very hard – my father, my uncle – throughout its history, the word liberal means freedom and applies specifically to freedom of speech.