Fox Guest Defends DNC’s ‘Silly’ Land Acknowledgements: ‘Not as Destructive’ As What RFK Jr. Is Saying

Jonathan Kott, former communications director for Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), joined Fox News on Friday to push back against attacks on the Democratic National Convention over its summer meeting’s land acknowledgement, saying it “wasn’t as destructive as [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] going out there and saying gun violence is because of vaccines.”

The DNC’s annual meeting began in Minneapolis on Monday with a statement from Lindy Sowmick, a self-described Indigenous queer woman, saying the Dakota people were the “original stewards” of the Minnesota city.

Fox’s Mike Emanuel played Kott a clip of Democratic strategist James Carville torching the practice, saying, “The DNC does not exist to right wrongs.” In his response, Kott cites the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr.’s Thursday attempt to link gun violence to antidepressants. He said:

JONATHAN KOTT: He is right. The DNC exists to win elections. That’s all they should be doing. And yes, this was silly. And, you know, how many things they want to announce before they introduce themselves is silly. It’s not as destructive as RFK going out there and saying gun violence is because of vaccines or drugs kids are taking. So I think if you want to compare the two fringes, I’m okay with them saying this behind a closed door. I am not okay with RFK doing that.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.