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Robin Abcarian: In terms of ignorance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential bid is the second coming of Donald Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights' Ripple Of Hope Awards at New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 12, 2018, in New York.

It's a serious sign of something when as many as 20% of registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents tell pollsters they support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Perhaps it's a sign that their brains have been addled by Wi-Fi radiation coming at them from their cellphones, something Kennedy claims happens all the time.

Or maybe it's a sign that 5G high-speed transmission towers are warping people's abilities to think clearly, yet another favorite Kennedy conspiracy theory.

More likely, in my view, it's a sign that some Democrats are worried about President Joe

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