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

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:03.0	Hey, it's Desi Lightit, correspondent for The Daily Show.
0:08.0	Up next is a preview of a new Daily Show podcast with my buddy, contributor Jordan Klepper.
0:14.0	Jordan Klepper, fingers the conspiracy.
0:16.0	Have a listen and be sure to look for the series to him more wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.0	John F. Kennedy Jr. was the son of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
0:30.0	Tragically, JFK Jr. was killed in a plane crash in 1999.
0:35.0	Or was he?
0:37.0	Yes, he was. Of course he was.
0:40.0	But what if he wasn't?
0:42.0	What if he were about to re-emerge as the vice president of Donald Trump?
0:47.0	Who, by the way, is still the president?
0:51.0	Sound crazy? It is.
0:54.0	In fact, it's one of the wilder conspiracies I've heard in my seven years covering Trump rallies.
0:59.0	You're probably familiar with my Daily Show segments.
1:01.0	Jordan Klepper fingers the pulse.
1:03.0	Emmy nominated twice, lost twice.
1:06.0	Where I chat with Trump supporters at rallies.
1:08.0	We are not a call.
1:10.0	It's an American ideal that we treat women with respect.
1:12.0	You gotta give me the back of that shirt one more time. That's too much fun.
1:15.0	Trump dead bitch!
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