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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The lockdowns while [Trump] was president created a…”

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 1:10:23

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 [Trump] 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. I don't think any of the other Democrats can talk about that issue. No, I mean, and I feel like I am. (1:10:23–1:10:35)

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Asserts that during Trump's presidency, lockdowns created a billionaire a day and shut down 3.3 million businesses.

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