Crash Course: Crackpot fight! Trump is worried about RFK Jr. running for president — and he should be scared

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Trump is worried about RFK Jr. running for president — and he should be scared Amanda Marcotte: Republican power players just thought they could use RFK Jr., and his famous name, to make life hard for Biden in the Democratic primary, thereby weakening the president's general election campaign. Well, that didn't work out how the rat-f*ckers had hoped. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnCQU_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvazl6bWQxMjc4dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWNyMWU1ems3bzImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZSBDgCZlS5gHT1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) A "blood purity program": Holocaust expert on why Trump is stoking fears of national blood poisoning "When confronting authoritarians like Trump, the first rule is to believe that they will attempt to do what they say," philosopher John Roth, an expert on the Holocaust, told Chauncey DeVega. 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