Wednesday night, Robert F. Kenndy Jr., who is vying for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024, took part in his first town hall hosted by NewsNation in Chicago as CNN anchor Jake Tapper vowed he would never host one with the candidate whom he called a “misinformation” spreader over vaccines.

The event was moderated by veteran anchor Elizabeth Vargas. Kennedy handled the event very well without the presence of Tapper.

“We’re not agenda-driven here. It’s our job to follow the news and cover the news wherever that may take us,” NewsNation’s Vice President of News and Managing Editor Cherie Grzech commented on the network’s decision to host the candidate. “The responsibility that we have to our audience is to know more about someone who’s polling nearly double digits.”

Kennedy is far behind Biden in the polls but that isn’t stopping him from going all out for the nomination. He has been busy giving interviews to podcasters and media commentators, like Joe Rogan, Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe, and Jordan Peterson as well as appearing on Fox News. RFK Jr. has also bashed the media incessantly which is one of the reasons Tapper has disowned him.

(Video Credit: The Hill)

Jake Tapper won an award for making the Steele dossier “part of the lexicon” which was the idea that the former president was being secretly controlled by the kremlin through sexual and financial blackmail. He’s never publicly apologized or returned the award. https://t.co/cJZiNWHUFR

— a newsman (@a_newsman) June 28, 2023

Kennedy’s town hall followed Tapper accusing him in a column of telling a “wild and false” story about an interaction they had back in 2005. Those comments by RFK Jr. were made during an appearance on a podcast hosted by Jordan Peterson on June 5, 2023, and were part of a discussion on the media and Big Pharma. That video has since been removed by YouTube for what it calls “misinformation.”

What do you think … Should social media platforms censor presidential candidates? My conversation with @JordanBPeterson was deleted by @YouTube. Luckily you can watch it here on @Twitter (thank you @elonmusk). #Kennedy24https://t.co/PJFKWH6zmd

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 18, 2023

“[Kennedy] spreads dangerous misinformation about childhood vaccines,” Tapper stated in the column. “He was so dishonest in that experience and since then he lies about the experience frequently.”

“The medical community overwhelmingly disagrees with Kennedy, who is not a scientist or a doctor. They point out that autism rates are not decreasing, even though thimerosal has been removed from most childhood vaccines as a precaution,” he declared.

At the end of his column, Tapper charged, “We did the fact-checking for our piece that RFK Jr. didn’t do himself,” and added, “And he remains someone you cannot rely upon for facts, truth or accuracy.”

Ironically, Tapper refuses to do a town hall with Kennedy over “misinformation” when he won an award for reporting on the debunked Steele dossier pushing that former President Trump was colluding with the Russians. Those allegations have been proven false and yet, Tapper, lacking any self-retrospection whatsoever, sees himself fit to declare RFK Jr. not worthy of being on a stage with him.

Users on Twitter did not overlook that fact:

He must have said “the big lie” hundreds of times.

— Will Harter (@willisfx88) June 28, 2023

Has Jake ever apologized for pushing the Russian collusion hoax?

— GeorgeSmith2 (@WestMichP2) June 28, 2023

As a trade, Jake Tapper should have the IRS whistleblowers and former Hunter Biden colleagues on to discuss whether the government interfered with the investigation and whether Biden ever received any of that money.

— Chris Oldman (@ChrisOldman4) June 28, 2023

Jake Tapper lies and spreads misinformation…about everything. It’s CNN for God’s sake.

— Will Harter (@willisfx88) June 28, 2023

How much lying did Jake Tapper do on his cnn show from 2017-2020? The answer is…a lot.

— MP (@MpPx111) June 28, 2023

CNN is still totally untrustworthy. We’ll see if the leaders-that-be want to save its reputation—or not. The journalists haven’t redeemed themselves from the Trump fiasco. All of them.

— Beth Arnold (@BethArnold) June 28, 2023

The same Jake Tapper that peddled the Steele dossier, the Russia Collusion Hoax, Jussie Smollett, the “Hunter Biden laptop is Russian disinformation” lie, and a hundred other fake stories and conspiracies?

— BillHobson (@BillHobson1) June 28, 2023

Actually RFK should make that claim about Tapper. Jake and CNN are professional misinformation spreaders.

— RidiculouslySpoiledCat (@spoiled_the) June 28, 2023

But Tapper *HAS* hosted people who spread misinformation about vaccines. pic.twitter.com/2CySn9drpN

— Bryan Farris (@SaveFarrisLSU) June 28, 2023

Why would he? As a leader in the Marxist State Media machine, @jaketapper‘s duty is to protect the party and it’s leader, #BeijingBiden, at any cost. These people are not journalists; they’re administration propagandists.

— J█████ W████ (@Jamaal_D_White) June 29, 2023

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