This added scrutiny is coming too soon. We don't want RFKJr to get scared off The Bonkers Ticket will bleed waay more R votes nationwide
If he doesn't come out and say that at the very least the Jets couldn't let him play for them right? Or the NFL for that matter?
CNN — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential vice-presidential prospects is New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who in private conversations shared deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting not being real. CNN knows of two people with whom Rodgers has enthusiastically shared these stories, including with Pamela Brown, one of the journalists writing this piece. Brown was covering the Kentucky Derby for CNN in 2013 when she was introduced to Rodgers, then with the Green Bay Packers, at a post-Derby party. Hearing that she was a journalist with CNN, Rodgers immediately began attacking the news media for covering up important stories. Rodgers brought up the tragic killing of 20 children and 6 adults by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School, claiming it was actually a government inside job and the media was intentionally ignoring it. When Brown questioned him on the evidence to show this very real shooting was staged, Rodgers began sharing various theories that have been disproven numerous times. Such conspiracy theories were also later at the center of lawsuits brought by victims’ families when they sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the matter. Jones baselessly repeating lies that the 2012 mass shooting was staged, and that the families and first responders were “crisis actors,” spawned multiple lawsuits and a trial was held in 2022 over lawsuits that were filed in Connecticut. Family members throughout that trial described in poignant terms how the lies had prompted unrelenting harassment against them and compounded the emotional agony of losing their loved ones. Brown recalls Rodgers asking her if she thought it was off that there were men in black in the woods by the school, falsely claiming those men were actually government operatives. Brown found the encounter disturbing. Spoiler CNN has spoken to another person with a similar story. This person, to whom CNN has granted anonymity so as to avoid harassment, recalled that several years ago, Rodgers claimed, “Sandy Hook never happened…All those children never existed. They were all actors.” When asked about the grieving parents, the source recalled Rodgers saying, “They’re all making it up. They’re all actors.” Rodgers went on to delve into some of the darker caverns of the false conspiracy theory. This person found the encounter disturbing. On Thursday, Rodgers did not deny the comments he made to Brown or the other source, but said on X, “As I’m on the record saying in the past, what happened in Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place. Again, I hope that we learn from this and other tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to prevent unnecessary loss of life. My thoughts and prayers continue to remain with the families affected along with the entire Sandy Hook community.” Kennedy’s campaign announced Wednesday that the candidate will name his running mate on March 26 in Oakland, California. Kennedy told CNN in an interview on Tuesday that he had recently met with Rodgers, as well as former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, about the possibility of joining his campaign. Following CNN’s reporting, a campaign spokesperson said Kennedy believes the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a “horrific tragedy.” “Mr. Kennedy believes the Sandy Hook shooting was a horrific tragedy. The 20 children and 6 adults that died December 14, 2012 brought the entire country together in grief. Let us honor their memory,” Kennedy spokesperson Stefanie Spear told CNN. This story has been updated with a comment from the Kennedy campaign and a comment from Aaron Rodgers on X.
That Sandy Hook tweet is wordsmithed in the same way his claim that was "inncolated" rather than vaccinated. It doesn't disclaim anything he said, just that the events as he sees them are a tragedy.
Yeah, the wording can be construed that he’s just saying that crisis actors carried out the event is a tragedy and he doesn’t deny that happened that day.
I wanted to make a joke relating Rodgers to every recruit ND has ever been involved with from Fresno being batshit crazy thinking Chico may be close, but juggs/Google Maps research tells me they are not close. Maybe it's all the inland hill jacks in California are all crazy people.
Aaron Rodgers Scrambles Around JFK Jr.-Hillary Clinton Conspiracy Theory The New York Jets quarterback got into a debunked whopper about President Kennedy's son and the former first lady. Spoiler By Ron Dicker Apr 12, 2024, 12:29 PM EDT Aaron Rodgers this week falsely asserted that John F. Kennedy Jr. was running against Hillary Clinton for the Senate before his fatal 1999 plane crash, and seemed to hint at a wild conspiracy theory that the former first lady was connected to the air disaster. (Watch the video below.) The New York Jets quarterback has an entire playbook of conspiracy theories, and he recited a few well-traveled ones around the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and former presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy on the “I Can Fly” podcast. They were all intended to highlight the potential peril that his pal Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces as an independent candidate in the 2024 election. “So Bobby loses his uncle, JFK, his father, RFK,” Rodgers said. “His cousin [JFK Jr.] dies in a plane crash when he was running against Hillary Clinton. I’m not saying that’s a conspiracy, but it’s kind of a weird coincidence. Bobby’s in danger. He’s putting himself on the line. Why? Because he fucking believes in this country.” JFK Jr. was not running against Clinton for the open seat, although he did have an exploratory meeting about it in March 1999 before concluding he wasn’t ready, friend and biographer Steven Gillon said. Months later, a plane he was flying crashed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, killing him, his wife and his sister-in-law. That spawned the bonkers theory that Clinton or supporters had something to do with the accident to clear the path for her eventual Senate victory in the 2000 general election. This has been widely refuted. Rodgers was once considered as a potential running mate for RFK Jr. before the political scion chose Nicole Shanahan. So now the four-time MVP is free to focus full-time on football ― and maddening interviews like this one.
it must be cool to get into the conspiracy theory world, i get why a lot of people do it but i assume its just because they are lonely and sad and it gives them meaning. to be a top 10ish qb ever and do this shit is just insane brain worms
Not to mention a bunch of people died from AIDS and Covid and there are a bunch of families that probably don't think this shit is fun or cool.
“I know I’m not an epidemiologist. I’m not a doctor. I’m not an immunologist. Whatever the fuck. I can read though, right?” Just a perfect summation of that arrogant fool.
Anthony Fauci is a Thanos /Dr. doom / Lex Luthor level super villain if he can create AIDS and Covid in a career