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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 122 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

I thought this was common knowledge months ago. Didn't Fox news even discover this shorty after they started pushing RFK Jr? I never understood why conservative media kept the RKF Jr train going after that was known.

Edit to add:

This also seems like a giant misunderstanding from the conservative side. They worship a name instead of ideology. The liberal side worships the ideology, irrespective of the name. Conservatives thought liberals would tie themselves to RFK Jr because thats what conservatives would do in the place of liberals. Whoops!

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the right is trying to push him back into the left as a Biden alternative now that Biden is a lot more unpopular than the last time they tried.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're supporting my point about conservatives loving a name (and thinking liberals do too), instead of an ideology. Putting his batshit craziness aside for a moment, when I look at RFK Jrs policy positions, he's not a liberal. Why do conservatives think liberals would vote for a conservative?

His policies appear to be:

  • anti climate change initiatives
  • anti vaccination (even for things like measles!)
  • believes abortion is a tragedy, but said he'd allow it
  • thinks US support of Ukraine is a mistake, and thinks diplomacy would solve it instead (Has he not read the Budapest Memorandum?)
  • backs Texas's actions at the southern border
  • wants to make government backed 3% mortgages, but doesn't talk about where the money would come from or where all the new housing would either

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Its crazy to think that comparing to RFK Jr, George W Bush is more liberal.

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