RFK Jr’s potential VP pick Aaron Rodgers accused of pushing Sandy Hook conspiracy theories

Aaron Rodgers, one of two men now being tipped as Robert F Kennedy Jr’s potential running mate, has been accused of pushing conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

In recent days,it emerged that RFK Jr, who is running as an independent presidential candidate, is eyeing former professional wrestler and governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura or New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers as his future vice presidential pick.

Both candidates, like RFK Jr, have a penchant for conspiracy theories.

Mr Ventura previously presented the TruTV show Conspiracy Theory in which he examined various conspiracy theories on subjects such as global warming and the September 11 terrorist attacks, while Mr Rodgers, like RFK Jr, pushed conspiracies about the Covid-19 vaccine.

Now, a bombshell new CNN report has claimed that Mr Rodgers also allegedly pushed a conspiracy theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was not real.

During the 2013 Kentucky Derby, he allegedly told CNN journalist Pamela Brown, who co-authored the new report, that the shooting was a government inside job and that the media was intentionally ignoring this.

He also asked Ms Brown 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, according to the report.

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CNN also cited a second anonymous source who said that Mr Rodgers claimed several years ago that “Sandy Hook never happened”.

“All those children never existed. They were all actors,” he allegedly said.

The Sandy Hook shooting is the deadliest shooting at an elementary school in US history, with 20 first graders and six educators killed in the massacre.

Mr Rodgers isn’t the first to push conspiracy