Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. shows support for Bitcoin. He purchased two BTC each for his seven children in May.
In a Twitter Spaces interview with Scott Melker, he praised Bitcoin as the currency of freedom. They prompted him to invest in media criticism for promoting it without owning any.
“I bought two Bitcoin for each of my seven children,” Kennedy said. He moved “right after” his appearance at the Bitcoin Conference in May. “Now I’m a Bitcoin owner, and I’m sure they’ll now find a different way to come at me, but no one can say I didn’t put my money where my mouth is.”
Why Bitcoin?
Kennedy and Melker also touched on banks’ ability to close customer accounts abruptly. They speculated that political pressure might have affected the closure of Joseph Mercola’s bank account. Mercola has been labelled “the most influential spreader of coronavirus misinformation online” by the New York Times.
At the Miami conference, Kennedy revealed that his interest in Bitcoin was sparked by the COVID-19 restrictions. He asserted that he was the first presidential candidate to accept Bitcoin donations via the Lightning Network. However, he clarified that he did not own any Bitcoin and emphasized that he was not there to offer investment advice.
“When I witnessed this cataclysm—this devastating use of government repression—I realized for the first time how free money is as important to freedom as free expression,” Kennedy said.
Kennedy added that the many environmental claims about Bitcoin are just a “smokescreen to obscure the real motives for suppressing Bitcoin”.
