Aaron Rodgers’ name has popped up as a possible vice-presidential candidate for Robert Kennedy Jr. this week.
On Wednesday, CNN reported the New York Jets quarterback shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories with at least two people in the past.
Sandy Hook was the tragic shooting at a Connecticut elementary school in 2012 that saw 20 children and 6 adults shot to death.
Exclusive: NFL star Aaron Rodgers, a potential RFK Jr. VP pick, has in private shared false conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting https://t.co/eXgnAe3uD1
— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2024
(Pamela) Brown was covering the Kentucky Derby for CNN in 2013 when she was introduced to Rodgers, then with the Green Bay Packers, at a post-Derby party. Hearing that she was a journalist with CNN, Rodgers immediately began attacking the news media for covering up important stories. Rodgers brought up the tragic killing of 20 children and 6 adults by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School, claiming it was actually a government inside job and the media was intentionally ignoring it.
When Brown questioned him on the evidence to show this very real shooting was staged, Rodgers began sharing various theories that have been disproven numerous times. Such conspiracy theories were also later at the center of lawsuits brought by victims’ families when they sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the matter.
.., Brown recalls Rodgers asking her if she thought it was off that there were men in black in the woods by the school, falsely claiming those men were government operatives. Brown found the encounter disturbing.
Rodgers was one of two people mentioned as possible candidates for VP on Kennedy’s ticket, the other being Jesse Ventura, former wrestler and one-time Governor of Minnesota.
On Wednesday, Kennedy’s team revealed he would announce his VP candidate on March 26 in Oakland, CA.
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— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) March 13, 2024
Rodgers was born in Chico, CA, and attended high school in Northern California.