Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has come under fire after a resurfaced video showed him claiming individuals in red states are more likely to “murder you.”
The video, posted by former President Donald Trump’s MAGA War Room X account, shows RFK Jr. making the shocking comments about Republicans at a 2005 IdeaCity speech.
“Red state people are more likely to murder you, to impregnate your teenage daughter, to commit a violent crime against you, to commit a nonviolent crime against you, to watch Desperate Housewives on TV, to buy pornography, to buy degenerate video games like ‘Grand Theft Auto,'” RFK Jr. told a crowd.
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The video ignited a harsh response, including those from several Republican members of Congress who called it “divisive attacks.”
Sen. John Barasso, R-Wyo., responded to the video, writing on X:
“I’m proud to be from the most conservative state in America and represent the best of our country. RFK Jr.’s divisive attacks are disqualifying.”
Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, wrote:
“I’m proud to represent one of the reddest districts in Texas. RFK Jr.’s attacks on red state America are not backed up by facts or reality.”
“He is unhinged and further left than Bernie Sanders! Texans won’t forget!”
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., also responded:
“The Hoosier state is as red as they come.”
“Far-left RFK Jr’s baseless, unhinged attacks on the values of Red State America will be remembered in November.”
Riley Moore, a GOP congressional candidate in West Virginia, wrote:
“RFK is no friend to conservative red states like West Virginia!”
“Stop pretending this guy is a moderate.”
RFK Jr. blasted the Saturday morning media pundits as “gas bags,” claiming their commentary about former President George W. Bush winning because red states were ‘morally robust” compared to “degenerate” blue states was “not true.”
He went on to claim that he looked at red states and blue states to determine which was “more moral using a criteria “that most of us use to judge morality.”
“I found the lowest divorce rate in America was Massachusetts, a blue state. The highest divorce rate was Texas, a red state. The lowest teen pregnancy rate was Massachusetts. The highest was Texas,” RFK Jr. added.
The video was posted days after RFK Jr. challenged GOP nominee Trump to a presidential debate, not long after Trump called the independent a “Democrat plant.”
RFK Jr. has argued that he is the only candidate who can defeat Trump in November.
“This is a no-spoiler pledge that we’re announcing today. This is a pledge that I offer to take if President Biden also takes it,” Kennedy said at a news conference where the candidate took no questions from reporters.
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