Feted by anti-science conspiracy theorists, Ciattarelli is a danger to public health in New Jersey

TRENTON, NJ – Jack’s not for Jersey. 

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that today he is set to be “distinguished guest” at an “anti-vaccine conspiracy” event featuring speakers who “compared mandated vaccines to slavery” and said “pandemic and mask-wearing policies are a type of ‘mind control.’”

Remember: Jack said “every time Democrats personally attack RFK, Jr., it’s more clear that they fear debate… #MAHA”

Philadelphia Inquirer: Jack Ciattarelli scheduled to be a ‘distinguished guest’ alongside anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist

By Aliya Schneider

• Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for New Jersey governor, is scheduled to be honored at an event featuring an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist on Thursday, days after he appeared to moderate his tone on vaccines in the first gubernatorial debate.

• Tenpenny, the keynote speaker, told legislators in Ohio in 2021 that the COVID-19 vaccine could make people magnetic and suggested that vaccines interact with 5G towers — both unfounded claims. She was listed as one of 12 anti-vaccine activists responsible for almost two-thirds of anti-vaccine content on social media that year by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which called them the Disinformation Dozen.

• She sold online education courses that said social distancing had no use in a pandemic and mask-wearing policies are a type of “mind control,” Business Insider reported.

• Holland, CEO of Kennedy’s nonprofit Children’s Health Defense, claimed in an interview with Politico that mumps, measles, and rubella are not particularly dangerous to children, contrary to extensive medical evidence. On Steve Bannon’s War Room, Holland compared mandated vaccines to slavery. The group hosting the gala calls her a “courageous health freedom leader.”

• The subject of vaccines is becoming increasingly important for state leaders while the federal government changes long-held stances on vaccinations and shifts under the guidance of Kennedy, who has leaned on unsubstantiated and debunked theories.