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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “They shut down the First Amendment right to worship by…”

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

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr at Charlie Kirk Memorial Service.

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

Once the government figured out that we would put up with the censorship, they went after the entire Constitution immediately. They immediately took away our right to assembly, the First Amendment right with social distancing regulations. They shut down the First Amendment right to worship by closing all of our churches for almost a year. And keeping the liquor stores open is essential businesses. They went after our fifth Amendment right to our property rights. They closed down three and a half businesses with no due process, no trust compensation. (04:21–04:28)

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Asserts that church closures during the pandemic violated the First Amendment right to worship.

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