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RFK Jr. Adds 9/11 to Growing List of Conspiracies: ‘Strange Things’ Happened<!-- wp:html --><p>Mario Tama/Getty Images</p> <p>Longshot Democratic presidential candidate <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/robert-f-kennedy-jr">Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.</a> has a lot of questions about who was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks, saying there were “strange things that happened” during the collapse of the World Trade Center and that he’s not sure he buys the “official explanation.”</p> <p>Kennedy’s open skepticism about 9/11 hardly comes as a surprise at this point. The <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vaccine-zealot-rfk-jr-is-running-for-president-as-a-democrat">anti-vaccine activist</a> has recently made headlines for embracing wild conspiracy theories under the guise of questioning narratives, whether<a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3993563-robert-kennedy-jr-sees-overwhelming-evidence-cia-involved-in-jfk-assassination/"> it’s wondering</a> if the CIA was responsible for his father’s assassination or if COVID-19 was <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-kennedy-jrs-own-relatives-slam-his-comments-about-jews-chinese-people">ethnically engineered</a> to spare Jewish and Chinese people.</p> <p>During a wide-ranging podcast interview with CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen, Kennedy eventually brought up 9/11, prompting Bergen to ask whether the presidential hopeful bought the bipartisan 9/11 commission’s <a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/9-11">conclusion</a> that al-Qaeda attacked the United States.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-adds-911-to-growing-list-of-conspiracies">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a lot of questions about who was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks, saying there were “strange things that happened” during the collapse of the World Trade Center and that he’s not sure he buys the “official explanation.”

Kennedy’s open skepticism about 9/11 hardly comes as a surprise at this point. The anti-vaccine activist has recently made headlines for embracing wild conspiracy theories under the guise of questioning narratives, whether it’s wondering if the CIA was responsible for his father’s assassination or if COVID-19 was ethnically engineered to spare Jewish and Chinese people.

During a wide-ranging podcast interview with CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen, Kennedy eventually brought up 9/11, prompting Bergen to ask whether the presidential hopeful bought the bipartisan 9/11 commission’s conclusion that al-Qaeda attacked the United States.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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