Is JFK Jr. Still Alive? | Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy

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🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Is JFK Jr. still alive? Daily Show contributor and podcast host Jordan Klepper digs deep into this conspiracy theory that’s circulating at Trump rallies and the larger MAGA world. Where did this idea come from? Where is it going? Jordan sits down with journalist and author Will Sommer and political scientist and conspiracy theory expert Joseph Uscinski to trace the JFK Jr. myth back to its QAnon origins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.0	John F. Kennedy Jr. was the son of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
0:45.0	Tragically, JFK Jr. was killed in a plane crash in 1999.
0:50.0	Or was he?
0:51.2	Yes, he was.
0:53.8	Of course he was.
0:55.2	But what if he wasn't?
0:58.2	He were about to reemerge as the vice president of Donald Trump.
1:01.9	Who, by the way, is still the president?
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1:07.2	It is.
1:08.2	In fact, it's one of the wilder conspiracies I've heard in my seven years covering Trump,
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