Ex-Trump Officials Hits Back At CNN Panel For Labeling RFK Jr. A ‘Conspiracy Theorist‘ Ex-Trump officials hit back at CNN panelists about RFK Jr. [Screenshot/Rumble/CNN]

Former Trump official Tricia McLaughlin and Bryan Lanza, the former Deputy Communications Director of Trump’s 2016 campaign, hit back Friday evening at CNN panelists for labeling 2024 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “conspiracy theorist.”

Kennedy joined forces with Trump at a Friday campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona after suspending his campaign and endorsing the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. CNN’s Abby Phillip mentioned that Trump, who was shot in the ear in July, said Trump promised Kennedy a “commission on assassinations” in exchange for his support.

Phillip called Kennedy a “conspiracy theorist” for believing the government was behind the 1963 assassination of his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. McLaughlin criticized the CNN host for going further and evoking a headline from The Atlantic alleging RFK Jr. is a former drug dealer.

“Are we going to really re-litigate from 30 years ago if RFK was a drug dealer? Its just — what really gets to me, Abby, you know, people throw around this word ‘conspiracy theory.’ I remember in October of 2023, people saying, ‘It’s a Republican conspiracy theory that Joe Biden will not be on the ticket. He would not be the nominee.’ Turns out that conspiracy theory that was Republicans apparently came true,” McLaughlin said.