street, and i do this now myself, i see somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby and i say to them, do not get them vaccinated. you hear that from me, if he hears it from ten other people, maybe he won t do it. maybe he will save that child. of course, there is a whole lot more. for years, kennedy has been the most famous promoter of the debunked notion that there was a link between childhood vaccines and autism. he has spread all manner of info. he even asserted that the 1918 spanish flu pandemic was not a in a but caused by vaccine research. of course, it wasn t. it was a influ. this is a very famous antivaxxer under oath trying to convince people that he s not an antivaxxer. the information was readily available. it blows the mind to figure out
the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was caused by research. that s a debunked facebook instagram meme. reporter: candidate has basically called covid vaccines unsafe. today he made this claim. i have never told the public avoid vaccine. reporter: but cnn fact checker daniel dale points out he did claim in a 2021 podcast to have told people just that. i see somebody on a hiking trail carrying a little baby, and i say don t get him vaccinated. reporter: kennedy also said this today. in my entire life and why i m under oath, in my entire life, i have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or anti-semitic. reporter: but it was just last week that a new york post video showed kennedy making this baseless claim. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people who are most immune
kennedy jr. thiursday issued several questionable defenses claiming that the biden administration has been trying to silence him, telling a house panel this about his campaign against vaccines. i ve never been anti-vaccine, but everybody in this room probably believes that i have been because that is the prevailing narrative. reporter: an assertion that is false. this is one of america s most aggressive vocal prominent anti-vaxxers and has been for years. i m sure people have heard him for years asserting a link between childhood vaccination and autism even though there is no such link. and it doesn t even stop there. he has in recent public remarks claimed that the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was not a flu at all but caused by vaccine research. that is a debunked facebook instagram meme. reporter: kennedy baselessly called covid vaccines unsafe. thursday he made the claim i have never told the public avoid vaccination. reporter: but a fact checker points out he did clai
started in recent comments, laura, that the 1918 spanish flu pandemic was not actually a flu but caused by vaccine research. of course, it wasn t, it was a flu. so look, this is a very vehement, very prominent, famous anti-vaxxer, and on the road s trying to convince people he s on an anti vaxxer. the information was readily available, daniel, it blows the mind how he didn t think it would be followed up. on also, just before that exchange that we just saw, rfk junior said he, quote, has never uttered a phrase that was either racist or antisemitic, unquote. what are you finding, is that true and does it hold up? well, i don t think it s up to me as a fact-checker to decide what s racist or antisemitic, but i can say that kennedy has made comments that jewish groups and asian groups are described as hateful. he recently claimed that covid-19 is targeted towards occasions and black people. that is a direct quote. he continued the
controversy when he tried to dispute things he said publicly. brian todd has more on the fiery congressional hearing. reporter: democratic presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. today issued several questionable defenses of his own conspiratorial claims. claiming the biden administration has been trying to silence him, telling a house panel this about his campaign against vaccines. i ve never been any vaccine. everybody in this room probably believes that i have been, because that s the prevailing narrative. reporter: an assertion that is false. this is one of america s most aggressive, vocal, prominent, anti-vaxers and have been for years. i m sure people have been hearing him link child vaccinations and autism. he has in recent public remarks claimed the spanish flu pandemic was not a flu at all but caused by vaccine research. that s a debunked facebook