Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday cited his own legal battle against the Biden administration over social media censorship, saying President Biden could be a “greater threat to democracy” than former President Trump. He said there is.
Kennedy said in an article: CNN interview Erin Burnett acknowledged Monday that Trump is also a threat, but said she could “make the argument” that Biden is worse.
“President Biden is an even more serious threat to our democracy.” “That’s because President Biden is the first candidate and the first president in history to use federal agencies to censor political speech.”
Kennedy is suing the Biden administration over its request to restrict his social media accounts in 2021. He posted false information claiming that baseball legend Hank Aaron died from complications from the coronavirus vaccine, which is not true, according to medical experts.
he won an injunction The case was put on hold last month pending the Supreme Court’s decision on two cases filed by Republican attorneys general regarding the executive branch’s power to promote social media censorship.
The Supreme Court last month heard oral arguments in two social media lawsuits that claim President Biden illegally forced social media companies to censor accounts they accused of spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Mr. Kennedy argued that Mr. Biden posed the biggest threat because of the censorship allegations.
“President Biden [the greatest threat] Because, Erin, the First Amendment is most important,” he said. “Adams, Hamilton, and Madison put the guarantee of freedom of expression in the First Amendment because all other constitutional rights depend on it.”
The comments attacking Biden come as the president and Democrats ramp up their criticism of Kennedy amid growing concerns about its potential impact on the 2024 election.
Although Mr. Kennedy is not contesting victory in any state in November, Democratic analysts worry that Mr. Kennedy could steal votes from Mr. Biden in key states and lead to Mr. Trump’s victory.
Kennedy echoed Barnett’s push to criticize Trump, calling Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election “astonishing” and calling the former president a threat.
The Hill/Decision Desk poll shows independents winning an average of nearly 10 percent, making him the third-party candidate with the highest approval rating in a presidential election since businessman Ross Perot in 1992. It becomes.Cornel West, Kennedy 10 percent on RealClearPolitics National average.
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