Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate running for president, sent out a fundraising email Thursday that called the defendants who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, “activists,” but his team later backtracked, saying it was an error.



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Kennedy campaign blames vendor for email sympathetic to Jan. 6 insurrectionists

The ‘J6 activists’ are being ‘stripped of their Constitutional liberties,’ the fundraising email said

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RFK Jr walks back campaign email calling Jan 6 rioters ‘activists’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has terminated a contract with a vendor it blamed for sending a fundraising email that referred to people facing charges for the Jan. 6

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The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back language used in campaign fundraising emails that referred to January 6 defendants as “activists” who have been “stripped of their constitutional liberties.”

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By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has terminated a contract with a vendor it blamed for sending a fundraising email that referred to people facing charges for the Jan. 6 insurrection as “activists” who were “stripped of their constitutional liberties.” The campaign announced it on Thursday. The language in the email echoed former President Donald Trump, who has worked to rewrite the history of t…

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By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back language used in campaign fundraising emails that referred to January 6 defendants as “activists” who have been “stripped of their constitutional liberties.” The fundraising appeals, sent to supporters on Wednesday and Thursday, sought to stoke fears of government overreach, a core theme of the campaign, by compar…

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The independent presidential candidate’s team later said the communication, which stated the defendants had been stripped of their rights, “does not reflect Mr. Kennedy’s views.”

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The campaign walked back an email that said those facing charges connected to the Capitol riot were "activists" who have been "stripped of their Constitutional liberties."

RFK Jr. campaign says email defending Jan. 6 ‘activists’ was an error

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