Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Climate Change Deniers Should Be Jailed, As He Officially Announces Bid For President

by Jacob M. Thompson

“They are contemptible human beings, and that, you know, I wish that there were a law you could punish them under.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), son of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former and assassinated President John F. Kennedy, has recently made headlines for announcing his 2024 presidential run as a Democrat.

According to his campaign website, RFK Jr. says he wants honest government, saying that the government system has been thoroughly bought and paid for by corporations, lobbyists, and stakeholders. He promises:

[…] To remake public institutions to serve the public. We will roll back the secrecy and make government transparent. We will protect whistleblowers and prosecute officials who abuse the public trust. We will rein in the lobbyists and slam shut the revolving door that shunts people from government agencies to lucrative positions in the companies they were supposed to regulate, and back again. We will get money out of politics. We will open our institutions to real citizen involvement. We will restore integrity to government.