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Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets quarterback and a potential vice presidential pick for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., spoke out Thursday in response to claims that he privately spread lies about the deadly mass shooting in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School.“As I’m on the record saying in the past, what happened in Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
When Brown then asked him to provide evidence the very real shooting was staged, “Rodgers began sharing various theories that have been disproven numerous times,” “All those children never existed. They were all actors,” the athlete reportedly said, adding that he believed the victims’ very real grieving parents were “all making it up.”
Rodgers’ post on X Thursday does not deny making any specific comments to CNN, but instead simply reaffirms that the shooting did happen.Rodgers’ post also makes no mention of him potentially serving as Kennedy’s pick for vice president, a possibility the longshot candidatethat the presidential candidate believes the Sandy Hook shooting “was a horrific tragedy,” but declined to comment on Rodgers’ reported comments.
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