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Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s campaign <\/em>released a statement<\/em><\/a> \u2014 his second in two days \u2014 attempting to explain away his remarks on January 6th. As he\u2019s done repeatedly in interviews and public comments, he minimized the violent insurrection on the capitol on January 6th. In response, <\/em>DNC Spokesperson Matt Corridoni said the following<\/em><\/strong>: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter hours of negative press coverage, RFK Jr. used hundreds of words to both-sides the January 6th insurrection. There aren’t two sides to violent rioters who assaulted police officers and tried to overthrow our democracy. Time and again, RFK Jr. has proven he\u2019s a spoiler for Donald Trump, whether it\u2019s having his candidacy propped up by Trump\u2019s largest donor or providing cover for Trump by downplaying the seriousness of January 6th.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s campaign released a statement \u2014 his second in two days \u2014 attempting to explain away his remarks on January 6th. As he\u2019s done repeatedly in interviews and public comments, he minimized the violent insurrection on the capitol on January 6th. In response, DNC Spokesperson Matt Corridoni said the following:  \u201cAfter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThere Aren't Two Sides To Violent Rioters Who Assaulted Police Officers And Tried To Overthrow Our Democracy - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/there-arent-two-sides-to-violent-rioters-who-assaulted-police-officers-and-tried-to-overthrow-our-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-05T19:40:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T16:30:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/there-arent-two-sides-to-violent-rioters-who-assaulted-police-officers-and-tried-to-overthrow-our-democracy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/there-arent-two-sides-to-violent-rioters-who-assaulted-police-officers-and-tried-to-overthrow-our-democracy\/\",\"name\":\"There Aren't Two Sides To Violent Rioters Who Assaulted Police Officers And Tried To Overthrow Our Democracy - 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