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American Values 2024 is a PAC, one previously known as the People's Pharma Movement. From that you should probably be able to infer which Big Pharma-skeptical presidential candidate they are backing. Yep, it's Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And in honor of their hero, the PAC organized a big birthday bash/campaign event for his 70th birthday. The PAC invited thousands of supporters to attend, and to meet and greet numerous pro-RFK Jr. celebrities that would be in attendance, including Dionne Warwick, Martin Sheen, Mike Tyson, and Andrea Bocelli.
There was only one small problem with these plans. Nobody bothered to check with the celebrities, or even to confirm that they are Kennedy supporters. In fact, they are not pro-RFK Jr., and given how radioactive he is, several of them scurried for cover as soon as they found out about their "RSVPs." Warwick, for example, posted to Ex-Twitter: "I don't know anything about this event. I did not agree to it and I certainly won't be there." And Sheen did the same, tweeting: "I wholeheartedly support President Joe Biden and the Democratic ticket in 2024."
This has now led to a second small problem: Kennedy, who does not want to be embarrassed, has canceled his plans to attend the event. So, for those who booked their tickets in hopes of meeting Kennedy, Warwick, Sheen, Tyson and Bocelli, well, be prepared to go 0-for-5.
One wonders how a colossal screw-up like this even happens. How do you send out invites with what are, in effect, random celebrities' names on them? We guess if you operate in a world where evidence and facts are often invented out of thin air, you forget that sometimes that doesn't work, and that sometimes the rubber actually meets the road. In any case, Kennedy Jr. is an obnoxious jerk who has done untold damage to public health in the name of... whatever his agenda is. So, it's good to see him with some egg on his face. (Z)