DNC Leadership Tries to Censor RFK, Jr. as He Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Censorship.
“The First Amendment was not written for easy speech. It was written for the speech that nobody likes you for.” - RFK, Jr.
Today’s news round up will focus solely on the House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
It was a day filled with drama, debate, vitriol, irony and, in the end, moral courage.
It was, I believe, a historic day.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stood tall as his own party attacked him for defending the First Amendment and the principles, he knows the Democratic Party stands for.
Before the hearing on censorship started, the Democrats in the House tried to censor Kennedy. Over one hundred Congressional Democrats signed a letter to House Speaker Dennis McCarthy calling on him to pull Kennedy from the hearing RFK Jr has ‘no business’ testifying in Congress on government censorship, Democrats say | Fox News.
McCarthy refused and the hearing went forward.
As the hearing opened, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida 25th CD) moved to adjourn the committee into Executive Session – and out of public view – BREAKING NEWS: Democrats Attempt To End Weaponization Hearing With RFK Jr. Before It Starts - Forbes. Wasserman then attacked Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on alleged censorship, denies antisemitism, racism claims – Global News who fought back against her claims and stated, “Congressman, what you are saying is a lie.” RFK, Jr. defended his statements and pushed back. "I've spent my life in this party. I've devoted my life to the values of this party," he said. "This -- 102 people signed this (letter). This itself is evidence of the problem that this hearing was convened to address. This is an attempt to censor a censorship hearing," Kennedy said.
Stacey Plaskett, a Virgin Islands Delegate, and the subcommittee’s senior Democrat criticized the panel’s GOP chairman, Jim Jordan of Ohio, for allowing Kennedy as a witness. Plaskett said Kennedy’s views should not be given a platform in the halls of the U.S. House. “Free speech is not absolute.”
What follows is a sampling of hearing excerpts:
The full hearing is here: LIVE: Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies to House - YouTube
What follows is coverage of the hearing from various outlets:
Republicans bolster RFK Jr. in hearing, while Democrats assail him - The Washington Post
House Democratic leader calls RFK Jr. a ‘living, breathing false-flag operation’ | The Hill
Jason Chaffetz goes off on Dems trying to censor RFK Jr. at censorship hearing - FOX
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Denies Antisemitism, Claims Censorship at Contentious Hearing - WSJ
RFK Jr. defends himself at House hearing as Dems rebuke him for COVID, race comment - ABC News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at House censorship hearing, denies antisemitic comments - CBS News
After the hearing, Kennedy appeared on the Rising and engaged in a lively conversation with Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave - RFK JR SPEAKS OUT Against Democratic Attempts to SILENCE Him At Hearing: Rising Interview - Rising.
During one of the interviews, Kennedy stated, “I clearly have the DNC against me.” How it is even possible that the Democratic Party leadership could attack an iconic figure in their own party for defending freedom of speech and standing against censorship? The answer to that question lies in the reason for the censorship: The DNC launched “Censorship Incorporated” because it served the purposes of the corrupt corporate interests - Big Pharma, Big Tech, Legacy Media and the Military Industrial Complex - that have hijacked the Democratic Party and ripped it from the middle class it used to serve and protect. RFK, Jr. is fighting to get that Democratic Party back.
And he is not backing down.
“Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change.” - Robert F. Kennedy
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I’m a U.K. subject and live in Berkshire. Obviously I’m keenly aware that this makes any contribution of mine to Robert Kennedy’s campaign a little academic, nevertheless I hope with every fibre that he succeeds in his efforts to bring democracy and freedom of speech back into the arena of public discourse. We have seen in recent times not only in America but here in the U.K. too the ‘salami slicing’ of the right to dissent, to freedom of speech, to political & scientific truth and to accountability and honour in public life. As a previous contributor said ‘God Bless Robert F Kennedy’!
Such a great day! So much wisdom to feast on! Thanks for the recap.