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RFK Jr. doubled down on a false COVID claim during a combative CNN interview

Poynter · Grace Abels · last updated

In a combative interview on CNN, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened the conversation with a throwback claim. “We had the highest death rate from […]

 

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