Editing Aaron Rodgers (section)

==Political and social commentary ==
Rodgers has voiced support for [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] and his [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign|presidential campaign of 2024]].<ref name="SandyHook2" /> Kennedy reportedly included Rodgers on his "short list" of possible [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] [[running mate]]s, along with others, including [[Jesse Ventura]] and [[Nicole Shanahan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=O’Brien |first=Rebecca Davis |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura Top R.F.K. Jr.'s List for Running Mate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-aaron-rodgers-jesse-ventura.html |access-date=March 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="OBrienMar172024">{{Cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Rebecca Davis |date=March 17, 2024 |title=Nicole Shanahan Emerges as a Top Candidate to Be R.F.K. Jr.'s Running Mate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/us/politics/nicole-shanahan-rfk-jr-running-mate.html |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On [[Adam Breneman]]'s podcast in 2022, former Packers backup quarterback [[DeShone Kizer]] said that Rodgers had expressed interest in [[9/11 conspiracy theories]] at one of the first meetings between the two quarterbacks. Kizer described their discussion of conspiracy theories as "a real thought experiment".<ref name="nypost-2022-11-29">{{cite news |last1=Hendricks |first1=Jaclyn |date=November 29, 2022 |title=DeShone Kizer: Aaron Rodgers pressed me on 9/11 conspiracies |url=https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/deshone-kizer-aaron-rodgers-pressed-me-on-9-11-conspiracies/ |access-date=January 8, 2023 |work=[[The New York Post]]}}</ref><ref name="si-2022-11-29">{{cite magazine |last1=Salvador |first1=Joseph |date=November 29, 2022 |title=Former Packers QB Says Aaron Rodgers Once Asked Him Whether He Believes in 9/11 |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/11/29/packers-deshone-kizer-aaron-rodgers-once-asked-him-if-he-believes-in-9-11-conspiracy-theories |access-date=January 8, 2022 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |language=en-us}}</ref> Rodgers has also promoted the [[Tartarian Empire|Tartarian architecture]] conspiracy theory.<ref name="tart">{{Cite web |last=Silverman |first=Robert |date=2024-03-08 |title=Aaron Rodgers Dabbles in the 'QAnon of Architecture' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aaron-rodgers-dabbles-qanon-architecture-234934271.html |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Yahoo! Entertainment}}</ref>

In a January 2024 appearance on ''The Pat McAfee Show'', Rodgers, without evidence, implied that comedian [[Jimmy Kimmel]] was an acquaintance of disgraced financier and sex offender [[Jeffrey Epstein]], and that Kimmel's name would possibly appear in soon to be released court documents listing Epstein's associates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simonetti |first=Isabella |date=January 9, 2024 |title=ESPN's Pat McAfee Said He Doesn't 'Take Back Anything' After Skewering Colleague |url=https://www.wsj.com/business/media/pat-mcafee-show-espn-aaron-rodgers-ede1d63b |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref> Kimmel denied the allegations and threatened to sue Rodgers for [[defamation]] if he repeated the claim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kimmel |first=Jimmy |author-link=Jimmy Kimmel |date=January 2, 2024 |title=X Post |url=https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1742324477323833546 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=X}}</ref> In a follow-up appearance on McAfee's show the following week, Rodgers stated: "I'm glad that Jimmy is not on the list. I really am. I don't think he's the P-word [pedophile]."<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa |date=January 9, 2024 |title=Aaron Rodgers blames media in response to Jimmy Kimmel's comments about him |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-aaron-rodgers-monologue/index.html |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

During a February 2024 appearance on the conspiracy-focused ''Look Into It'' podcast hosted by [[Eddie Bravo]], Rodgers espoused numerous conspiracy theories on medicine, immigration, and [[John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories|John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keeley |first=Sean |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Here's all the dumb shit Aaron Rodgers recently said on a conspiracy theory podcast |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/aaron-rodgers-conspiracy-theory-podcast-tartaria-immigrants-trump-biden.html |access-date=April 17, 2024 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en}}</ref> His claims included that [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] and COVID were created by the government for the sake of pharmaceutical industry profits (see also [[discredited HIV/AIDS origins theories]] and [[Operation Denver]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buzinski |first=Jim |date=April 17, 2024 |title=Aaron Rodgers says AIDS was created by the U.S. government in the 1980s |url=https://www.outsports.com/2024/4/17/24091797/aaron-rodgers-says-aids-was-created-by-the-u-s-government-in-the-1980s/ |access-date=April 17, 2024 |website=outsports.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2024, [[CNN]] reporter [[Pamela Brown (journalist)|Pamela Brown]] reported that Rodgers had in 2013 shared [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories|false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre]], claiming that the attack was an "inside job" perpetrated by the government. CNN simultaneously reported an allegation by an anonymous source that Rodgers had several years prior said "Sandy Hook never happened....All those children never existed. They were all actors."<ref name="SandyHook1">{{Cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Pamela |last2=Tapper |first2=Jake |date=March 14, 2024 |title=RFK Jr.'s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/aaron-rodgers-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theories/index.html |access-date=March 17, 2024 |website=CNN.com |language=en}}</ref> In response, Rodgers said, "I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place" but did not say whether he had ever believed the Sandy Hook massacre was an "inside job."<ref name="SandyHook2">{{Cite web |last=Cimini |first=Rich |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Jets' Aaron Rodgers: 'Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy' |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39731276/jets-aaron-rodgers-sandy-hook-was-absolute-tragedy |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=[[ESPN.com]] |language=en}}</ref>