On Thursday morning, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before Congress about big tech censorship and, specifically, his views on Covid “vaccines”.
During his testimony, RFK Jr. he had to constantly clarify his views, arguing that he is not “anti-vaxx”. She even noted that she has been vaccinated for the recommended series, except for the Covid vaccine, as have her children.
But fellow Democrat Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, a member of the Florida House, moved to censure RFK Jr.’s speech. because of controversial comments he made last week about alleged “ethnically targeted” viruses.
“Point of order pursuant to House Rule 11, Clause Two, which Mr. Kennedy violates above. I move that we move into executive session because Mr. Kennedy has repeatedly made disparaging, anti-Semitic and anti-Asian comments so recently as last week. Rule 11, clause two says whenever a committee member claims that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person, or when a witness claims that the evidence or the testimony that the witness would give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate the witness. And it continues. Mr. Kennedy, among many other things, has said, I now know a lot about biological weapons. We invest hundreds of millions of dollars in microbes ethnically targeted. The Chinese have done the same. In fact, Covid-19, it was argued, is ethnically targeted. Covid-19 attacks certain races disproportionately. The races most immune to Covid 19…”
Speaker Jim Jordan (R-OH) asked him if he was making a motion or a speech, and he clarified that he was trying to move the testimony to an executive session.
Additionally, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, a non-voting delegate from the Virgin Islands, stated that RFK Jr. he had no First Amendment rights to share his opinions.
Rep. @StaceyPlaskett defends censure of RFK Jr.: “My Republican colleagues… have Mr. Kennedy here because they want to protect his free speech… This is not the kind of free speech that is… protected by the 1st amendment to the Constitution, but freedom of expression is not an absolute” pic.twitter.com/0iGf4a7WYJ
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 20, 2023
“My Republican colleagues … will rush to cover that they have Mr. Kennedy here because they want to protect his freedom of speech. That they don’t believe in American censorship. That’s not the kind of freedom expression I know,” he said. “Freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution, but freedom of speech is not an absolute,” he said.
RFK Jr. had prompted Plaskett’s retort by stating that “‘misinformation’ is information that is true but inconvenient to the government.”
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