Kennedy’s recent appearance at a “medical freedom conference” in New York was organized by a group with real connections to the 2020 election denial movement.
Welcome to Trail Mix, your 2024 election sanity guide. See something interesting on the trail? Email me at [email protected]. To get Trail Mix in your inbox,appeared at an event that felt entirely on-brand for the anti-vaccine champion: a so-called “medical freedom conference” near Buffalo, New York.
Kennedy was ostensibly there as an invited guest to help raise money for the group, which claimed that he was not engaging in a presidential campaign event and was merely helping to educate attendees on “First Amendment rights.” Beyond that, CCNYS founders Nick and Nancie Orticelli are also affiliated with the Watchmen, a nearby militia who Nick has encouraged his social media followers to join. The Watchmen had several members at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and one member, Pete Harding, isNancie Orticelli has also hosted the Watchmen’s founder, Charles Pellien, on her weekly radio show on several occasions.
“I didn’t meet him, never spoke to him, never had any conversation with him before or since. You just deal with the campaign team,” she told The Daily Beast, adding she remains a Trump supporter and encourages people to vote for the former president. Shawn Lembke, the CCNYS vice president, credited Nancie Orticelli as being “the driving force behind decision to come to the area” for the conference.
In her interview with The Daily Beast, Orticelli said she fully cooperated with the agents and questioned whether the insurrection was all that bad.
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