Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrapped up what’s been a tumultuous week for his presidential marketing campaign by providing an eyebrow-raising assertion on conspiracy theories surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist assaults.
The impartial candidate mentioned Friday on X, previously Twitter, that he “gained’t take sides on 9/11” if he’s elected to the White Home.
As an alternative, he pledged to “usher in a brand new period of transparency” across the assaults on the World Commerce Middle in New York and on the Pentagon exterior Washington, D.C., that killed almost 3,000 individuals.
“My tackle 9/11: It’s exhausting to inform what’s a conspiracy principle and what isn’t. However conspiracy theories flourish when the federal government routinely lies to the general public,” Kennedy wrote, suggesting that he hopes to “open the information” associated to the assaults.
In a pair of follow-up posts, Kennedy defined that he was referring to a current “60 Minutes” section that probed “doable Saudi involvement in 9/11, sparking every kind of hypothesis on X.”
“Hypothesis about what our authorities could also be protecting up is rife exterior the mainstream of our political tradition,” he wrote, including that belief within the authorities is low.
“The best way to revive that belief is thru honesty and transparency. That’s my promise, and that’s what will resolve any questions on 9/11, UAPs, and different contentious matters,” he mentioned, utilizing a time period for unidentified anomalous phenomena, extra generally often called UFOs.
He went on to notice: “I’m personally agnostic on these points. My concern is TRANSPARENCY.”
Earlier this week, some households of Sept. 11. victims referred to as out President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, for not addressing a not too long ago launched video during which Omar al-Bayoumi, recognized by the FBI as a Saudi intelligence operative, seems to scope out U.S. landmarks in 1999, across the time that Sept. 11 planners have been regarded as deciding on targets. The footage was notably included within the “60 Minutes” section.
Kennedy seemingly hinted at his Sept. 11. skepticism final fall throughout an look on the “Within the Room With Peter Bergen” podcast.
“I don’t know what occurred on 9/11,” he mentioned on the time. “I perceive what the official clarification is. I perceive that there’s dissent. I’ve not appeared into it. I haven’t examined it. I’m not a great individual to speak to about it.”