- Elon Musk moderated RFK Jr. in a bizarre Twitter space littered with lies and conspiracy theories.
- Kennedy compared Musk to the patriots who died in the Revolutionary War.
- He also claimed that there were no mass shootings in the United States “before the introduction of Prozac.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today thanked Elon Musk for his services to the nation and praised him for fighting in the American Revolutionary War in a bizarre Twitter space littered with lies and conspiracy theories. compared to the thousands of patriots who died in
“Thank you, Elon, for what you have done for our country,” President Kennedy said. “We have lost between 25,000 and 70,000 people who gave their lives in the revolution to give us a constitution. I’ve staked my position.” I’ve seen you do the same. ”
Kennedy, the son of former Attorney General and liberal icon Robert F. Kennedy, announced last month his intention to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination next year.
Musk, who has sought to turn his shaky social media platform into a political launching pad for candidates to oppose the Biden administration, has been caught off guard by more than two hours of conversations aimed at boosting Kennedy’s candidacy. presided over. Unlike the launch of the Ron DeSantis campaign on Twitter last month, which ended in disaster as the platform repeatedly collapsed, today’s conversation went relatively smoothly and managed to amass 64,000 listeners.
This could be a good thing for Kennedy’s campaign as well, given that Kennedy released some bizarre and sometimes incoherent policy views during the conversation. President Kennedy finished praising the right-wing billionaire host with some sort of backwards compliment. He framed Mr. Musk as a foreigner and the Twitter acquisition as more of a public sacrifice than a smart economic move.
Kennedy asked Musk, “What in your career do you think has given you such a firm conviction? Because of the principles of the country you were in, this huge, massive, unspeakable Are you willing to take a huge economic hit?” he asked. You weren’t even born? Musk, who is South African but a U.S. citizen, bought Twitter last year for $44 billion.a Recent Quote The company’s current value is estimated at $15 billion.
“Yes,” Musk replied after a long silence. “I should say that I strongly consider myself American.”
After thanking the host, President Kennedy threw out the seemingly ad hoc policy in conversations with right-wing Twitter stars including Talus Gabbard, Balaji Srinivasan and Michael Shellenberger. He released one declaration after another. Most of them seemed unlikely to draw much support in Democratic districts.
President Kennedy reiterated his opposition to US aid to Ukrainians. He said that Ukrainians have suffered “almost as much” from US policy as from Russian aggression.
Musk agreed that the deaths of both sides of the Ukrainian war should be buried at the feet of the United States, stating, “We are sending flowers to Ukrainian youth and Russian youth to die in the trenches. This is It should be morally condemned.”
Gabbard said the United States had turned Ukraine into a “slaughterhouse” and blamed the conflict on an “elite cabal of warmongers” that had seized control of the Democratic Party.
Kennedy warned that these warmongers not only control the Democratic Party, they control the Deep State. He recalled a conversation with former CIA Director Mike Pompeo, in which Trump’s allies said, “The upper echelons of the agency are made up almost entirely of people who don’t believe in the American democratic system. ” said he.
Kennedy has also claimed that Mr Biden has barred him from meeting with Chinese officials and has attempted to portray Mr Biden as seeking a confrontation with China. (Chinese foreign minister meets with U.S. ambassador to China last month. )
Anti-war Democrats may have traction, but some of Kennedy’s other positions are unlikely to work. He has declared himself a “free market absolutist” and has said he will not pursue gun control, but rather put metal detectors and security checks in schools and ban sharps.
“If it means defending schools the same way I defend airlines, I will,” he said.
He also blamed the pharmaceutical companies that sold antidepressants, not guns, for the surge in mass shootings. “Until the introduction of Prozac, we had very few incidents like this in our country,” he said.