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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted a string of conspiracy theories about gun ownership and the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, among others, in a Twitter Spaces discussion Monday as he challenges President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination—these are some of the unfounded claims he gave merit to, among others he has helped spread over the better part of the past two decades:
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Mass shootings are linked to prescription drugs: Kennedy Jr. blamed school shootings on drugs like the antidepressant Prozac in Monday’s Twitter discussion, telling owner Elon Musk “prior to the introduction of Prozac, we had almost none of these events” (there’s no scientifically established correlation between psychiatric drugs and mass violence, according to experts cited by PolitiFact).
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