RFK Jr gets his first major endorsement for president – Aaron Rodgers

The presidential campaign of Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got a boost Tuesday night from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers wrote “#kennedy2024” and added two biceps and two heart emojis to an Instagram story, sharing a role promoting an upcoming podcast interview with Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaxxer.

Last week, Kennedy — the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Robert F. Kennedy — announced his intention to run against President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. Kennedy will deliver a campaign kick-off speech in Boston on Wednesday.

Rodgers’ interest in Kennedy as a candidate is not surprising.

In the athletic world, Rodgers made headlines with his own skepticism about vaccines, claiming before the 2021 NFL season that he was “immunized,” before a bout of COVID-19 revealed he never got the COVID vaccines.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (left) indicated on Instagram on Tuesday evening that he had rejected prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid. supported (right)

Rodgers wrote “#kennedy2024” and added biceps and heart emojis while sharing a promo for a sit-down Kennedy did with podcaster Aubrey Marcus, another vaccine skeptic

“You know, it’s been talked about a lot, in the league, and a lot of guys who have made statements and have not made statements, owners who have made statements,” Rodgers said when asked about his vaccination status in August 2021. hesitant.

“There are guys on the team who haven’t been vaccinated. I think it’s a personal decision. I’m not going to judge those guys,” Rodgers continued. “There are guys who have been vaccinated and have contracted COVID. It’s an interesting issue that I think will play out for the rest of the season.”

He later revealed that he didn’t get his shots because he was allergic to one of the ingredients used to make the vaccines.

But after his season ended, Rodgers became more publicly anti-vaxx.

He was also openly critical of Biden.

In January 2022, Rodgers lashed out at “this fake White House” for suggesting the coronavirus pandemic was a pandemic of unvaccinated people.

“If the president of the United States says, ‘This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ it’s because he and his constituents, which I don’t know how there are when you look at his efforts to speak publicly, but I think he got 81 million votes. But when you say things like that, and then you have the CDC, which, how do you even trust them, but then they come out and talk about 75% of COVID deaths have at least four comorbidities. And you still have this fake White House set saying this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated, that doesn’t help the conversation,” Rodgers said in an interview with ESPN.

On Tuesday night, Rodgers shared a promo for his friend Aubrey Marcus’s podcast interview with Kennedy.

Marcus is also a vaccine skeptic and spoke to Kennedy before the Democrat announced his presidential bid.

“I believe he will carry on the legacy of his uncle, John F. Kennedy, and his father, Robert Kennedy, and we talk about that a little bit in this podcast,” Marcus said in the clip Rodgers shared.

Biden has yet to be asked his opinion on Kennedy launching a presidential bid.

Biden did call Kennedy’s mother Ethel when he traveled to Ireland aboard Air Force One earlier this week to wish her a happy 95th birthday.

Self-help guru Marianne Williamson is also running in the Democratic primary.