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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Lockdowns cost our country $16 trillion, and they shifted $4…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Club Random with Bill Maher

Published | Video Starts at 1:10:15

Yeah, that may be true. Yeah, that may very well be true. I mean, one of the reasons for that is I can hold. I can hold him responsible for the lockdowns. Lockdowns cost our country $16 trillion, and they shifted $4 trillion in wealth from the middle class to the super rich. The lockdowns while he was president created a billionaire a day and, you know, and bankrupted. I mean, he shut down 3.3 million businesses. You're preaching to the converted on this one. (1:10:15–1:10:24)

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