Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks Border, Marijuana at National Sheriffs Conference in Oklahoma City • Oklahoma Voice

OKLAHOMA CITY – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke Monday to a gathering of local law enforcement officials from across the country about his long-running campaign for the White House, covering mainly border security and avoiding fake anti-vaccination vaccinations. plots he pushed.

“There is nothing humanitarian about what is happening there,” Kennedy said, touting his visits to the U.S. border with Mexico. “It’s every president’s obligation to control the border, seal it and have an immigration policy that actually works to help our country.”

Kennedy spoke at a National Sheriffs' Association convention in Oklahoma City. Sheriff Greg Champagne of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, moderated the discussion. Champagne said President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were invited, but only Kennedy accepted the invitation.

That meant Kennedy had a nearly uninterrupted half hour with sheriffs, who are often on the front lines of immigration enforcement at the southern border or who sometimes house people jailed on federal immigration charges.

When Champagne shifted the conversation to the “mental health and drug crisis” in prisons, Kennedy said marijuana should be fully decriminalized at the federal level. Revenue from government-regulated marijuana sales could then be used to cover the costs of “healing farms” where people addicted to marijuana could live for free to recover.

Asked about the war between Israel and Hamas, Kennedy said World War II was the last “moral war” the United States was involved in, calling the others “wars of choice.”

He has repeatedly denounced Hamas for its desire for the “annihilation of Israel”, but has also described himself as “very pro-Palestinian”.

As time expired, Kennedy thanked law enforcement officials for their service.

“What you are doing is the cornerstone of American communities, the cornerstone of our country, it is the beginning of local democracy,” Kennedy said. “Everything we do and succeed in starts at your level of democracy.”

Earlier Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected two appeals on COVID-19 vaccines from a nonprofit founded by Kennedy. Kennedy is listed as class counsel in court documents.

Kennedy did not qualify to participate in Thursday's presidential debate on CNN, meaning only Biden and Trump will be in attendance. CNN said Kennedy did not meet the threshold required to qualify for state ballots and polls.

Kennedy submitted an application in Oklahoma in May.

Among other conspiracy theories, Kennedy has expressed his anti-vaccination stance and falsely claimed that vaccinations cause autism.

Kennedy, 70, is part of one of America's most famous political families. He is the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, and his father served as a United States senator and attorney general before running for the Democratic nomination for president. These two Kennedys were assassinated.