Jack Dorsey, the head of Block Inc. and a co-founder of Twitter, posted two videos [recently] featuring presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has attracted criticism for his history of sharing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about vaccines. Kennedy has also discussed conspiracy theories about the killing of then-President John F. Kennedy and about his father.
One post linked to a podcast interview from 2020 of Kennedy discussing numerous conspiracy theories with former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
On Tuesday [May 23], in a post made via Nostr, a technology that he has helped fund, Dorsey shared a 2020 interview with Kennedy, in which he promoted the conspiracy theory that the CIA killed both his father, Robert F. Kennedy, and JFK and espoused unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about vaccines, including that potential vaccine side effects are part of a profit plan for the pharmaceutical industry.
Dorsey’s support would lend another notable name to Kennedy’s campaign. Dorsey has in the past supported other unconventional Democratic candidates, donating $5,600 to Tulsi Gabbard and $6,600 to Andrew Yang in 2019, according to the campaign finance website Open Secrets.
Kennedy has found a warm reception among some far-right luminaries, including Steve Bannon, who briefly served as a top aide to former President Donald Trump.
