Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III condemned his uncle Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims that COVID-19 was possibly engineered to target certain ethnic groups — remarks widely criticized as racist and antisemitic.
“My uncle’s comments were hurtful and wrong,” said Joe Kennedy, 42, an ex-Democratic representative from Massachusetts who now serves as U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. “I unequivocally condemn what he said,” he tweeted Monday.
Kerry Kennedy, RFK Jr.’s sister, also condemned the remarks in a statement issued by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, her nonprofit activist organization.