R.F.K. Jr. Contributes to the Current Threat to U.S. Democracy

Former President Donald J. Trump has declined to acknowledge his defeat in the 2020 election, portraying the supporters who breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as martyrs, establishing a basis to dispute the 2024 election outcome in case of his loss, and asserting that he would assume the role of a dictator on his initial day back in power if he emerges victorious.Nevertheless, independent presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserts that President Biden represents a more significant danger to American democracy — a perspective shared by Trump himself, a viewpoint dismissed as “ by political scientists.Kennedy, whose political career is built on advancing vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding the government, perceives the Biden administration’s endeavors to limit the dissemination of misinformation as a crucial issue of our era. According to him, …