'Disqualifying': RFK Jr. faces backlash over 'unhinged' claims about red states in resurfaced video

Republicans are hammering independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over a resurfaced video where he says individuals in red states are more likely to commit heinous crimes and "murder you."

In a resurfaced video, posted by former President Donald Trump's MAGA War Room X account Wednesday, RFK Jr. is seen making the disparaging comments about Republicans at a 2005 IdeaCity speech.

"Red state people are more likely to murder you, to impregnate your teenage daughter, to commit a violent crime against you, to commit a nonviolent crime against you, to watch Desperate Housewives on TV, to buy pornography, to buy degenerate video games like ‘Grand Theft Auto,’" RFK Jr. told a crowd.

Social media users, including several Republican members of congress, immediately hit back at what they called "divisive attacks."

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"I’m proud to be from the most conservative state in America and represent the best of our country. RFK Jr.'s divisive attacks are disqualifying," Sen. John Barasso, R-Wyo., wrote in a post in X.

"I’m proud to represent one of the reddest districts in Texas. RFK Jr.’s attacks on red state America are not backed up by facts or reality. He is unhinged and further left than Bernie Sanders! Texans won’t forget!" Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, said.

"The Hoosier state is as red as they come," Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who is running for the Senate, posted on X. "Far-left RFK Jr’s baseless, unhinged attacks on the values of Red State America will be remembered in November."

"RFK is no friend to conservative red states like West Virginia!" Riley Moore, a GOP congressional candidate in West Virginia, said. "Stop pretending this guy is a