Why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Presidential Bid Completely Changes the National Discussion

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his 2024 presidential bid and Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden in Boston on April 19, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

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Robert F. Kennedy’s leap into the 2024 presidential race is huge. I would go so far as to call it a pivotal moment in American history because Kennedy will bring his fight against censorship, Big Tech collusion, Big Pharma, and vaccine injuries to the forefront of the national discussion—and that’s already making a lot of people mad.

Right after Kennedy gave his official announcement speech on April 19, legacy media were scrambling to make sure they were all on the same page to label him a looney.

CNN’s first reaction was to inform those who were not familiar with him that he’s the worst thing a liberal/progressive can label someone—an “anti-vaxxer.” Also, that his famous family doesn’t support him, and that his “skepticism has ostracized [him] from nearly every scientist.”

However, Kennedy’s positions aren’t new to those of us who have followed him at Children’s Health Defense, as well as his many appearances through the years on TV, the internet, and radio.

In fact, I recently wrote about Kennedy’s novel antitrust lawsuit against TNI, accusing them of First Amendment violations related to censorship of COVID-related content.

I noted that:

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be commended for his work. Kennedy, along with multiple other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit on Jan. 10 making antitrust and constitutional claims against corporate media outlets. The suit alleges the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), an industry partnership started in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organizations, partnered with Big Tech firms to collectively censor online news. Google/YouTube is one of the ‘core partners’ of the TNI.”

Over at his website ChildrensHealthDefense.org, the American spirit of individual autonomy, healthy skepticism, and the rejection of tyranny is featured front and center on the home page.

Embracing the angst of our younger generations, “Welcome to the Revolution: The global uprising against medical tyranny to defend human rights” features hip-hop artist High-Rez and former American Idol contestant Jimmy Levy singing their anthem by the same name. The official video was released in 2021 and has nearly 2.5 million YouTube views. Also popular with the Canadian Trucker Convoy, it includes the refrain, “We will not comply/With the institutions’/Sick illusion/No, it won’t be televised/Welcome to the revolution.”

Another video, “Doctors Letters to Lawmakers: Medical professionals and scientists stand up for parental rights and medical freedom,” features doctors speaking out against COVID mandates and treatments. The video urges medical professionals to sign a statement that will be circulated to U.S. lawmakers calling for an end to all COVID mandates, the right of medical professionals to speak freely to their patients, and the preservation of parental rights. It currently has over 500 signatures of those brave enough to speak out publicly.

Children’s Health Defense’s website showcases yet another unique musical artist, Joydah Mae of New Zealand, as she sings, “Hands off our children: A battle cry to end the devastation caused by COVID vaccine injuries and deaths.” A longer version of the song, featuring heart-wrenching video clips of children allegedly impacted by COVID vaccines, can be seen on Rumble.

Kennedy has led the charge against the COVID jabs while exposing the injuries they cause. He’s also exposed “The Real Anthony Fauci” in a book that’s sold over a million copies “despite censorship, boycotts from bookstores and libraries, and hit pieces against the author.” Subtitled “Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health,” it currently has a five-star rating on Amazon from over 23,000 reviewers. (It should be noted that Kennedy said he’s currently in a lawsuit with Amazon for allegedly censoring one of his books.)

Last month, the soon-to-be presidential contender gave a speech at Hillsdale College titled, “Anthony Fauci and the Public Health Establishment” as part of that institution’s look at the “rise of Big Pharma, its role in the declining state of American health, and ideas for reform.”

In a Fox News interview the night he launched his presidential bid (the only mainstream media on which he appeared), host Tucker Carlson asked him, “So, you are, of course, being dismissed as a vaccine nut, but watching your announcement today, it wasn’t about pharma even, so much as it was about America’s place in the world and what do we do about it.”

Tucker asked, “If you wouldn’t mind summarizing ... where you think we are and what you think we ought to do.”

Kennedy responded that the general theme of his speech was:

“This corrupt merger of state and corporate power, which is turning our country into a corporate kleptocracy, into a system of cushy socialism for the rich, and a kind of brutal, merciless capitalism for the poor. It keeps us in a state of war ....”

Kennedy then boldly questioned America’s involvement in the Ukraine war, concluding that what we’re being told about the war “is just not true.”

While his thoughts on the economy and the war in Ukraine are newsworthy, it will always be his work on health issues and vaccines that rally his supporters and anger his detractors.

Former news anchor and liberal journalist Dan Rather wrote in a tweet a warning to his fellow media associates saying:

“The press should be careful about covering Robert Kennedy Jr.’s quixotic run for president so as not to amplify his dangerous conspiracy theories about vaccines.”

Rather’s revealing tweet only proves how the mainstream media now prefers self-censorship over reporting the news and allowing the public to make up their own minds.

USA Today reported that initial polling showed Kennedy garnering support from 14 percent of Biden voters, with the snarky caveat that it showed “surprising strength for a candidate who has a famous political name but is now known mostly as the champion of a debunked conspiracy theory blaming childhood vaccines for autism.”

The trouble is the American public has had a harsh awakening to the fact that many conspiracy theories turned out to be true. Their government has lied to them, their doctors have lied to them, and the media has lied to them.

While Robert F. Kennedy will not likely win the Democratic nomination, his platform as a presidential contender is a welcome one. We should be trumpeting his message far and wide, because we need every ally we can find in the fight to save America from continued medical tyranny, Big Tech censorship, and every other assault on our freedoms.

Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.