RFK Jr. Campaign Says Email Calling Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Activists’ Was an ‘Error’

The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has walked back a fundraising email describing Jan. 6 rioters as “activists,” reports say.

The communication, which was retracted within hours, was signed by “Team Kennedy,” according to NBC News. “This is the reality that every American Citizen faces—from Ed Snowden, to Julian Assange to the J6 activists sitting in a Washington DC jail cell stripped of their Constitutional liberties,” the email read.

“That statement was an error that does not reflect Mr. Kennedy’s views,” Kennedy spokesperson Stefanie Spear said later. “It was inserted by a new marketing contractor and slipped through the normal approval process.”

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