![Barnaby Joyce in Parliament. Picture by Elesa Kurtz Barnaby Joyce in Parliament. Picture by Elesa Kurtz](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/194363481/4061d5b1-1abb-4634-b0c6-27fd6c548fac.jpg/r0_0_5568_3427_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed that he does not believe official accounts explaining the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy.
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He tweeted his opinion about the November 22, 1963 murder on November 23.
"Today is the 60th anniversary of the assassination of JFK, 35th President of the USA," he said.
"65 per cent of a US survey don't believe the Warren Report that it was only Lee H. Oswald with a dodgy ex military Italian rifle from the 6th floor of the Texas Book Depository 81 metres away.
"Nor do I."
![President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy arrive at Love Field in Dallas, Texas less than an hour before his assassination in this November 22, 1963. Picture by Reuters/JFK Library/The White House/Cecil Stoughton President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy arrive at Love Field in Dallas, Texas less than an hour before his assassination in this November 22, 1963. Picture by Reuters/JFK Library/The White House/Cecil Stoughton](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/194363481/5e79c1c8-66bc-4bfe-a92b-6882b3b3ca26.jpg/r0_137_2200_1374_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Online responses have met Mr Joyce with hearty scepticism over the conspiracy.
One commenter was quick to respond "you also believed you were watching the Women's World Cup quarter-final live, too".
Another commenter made a Jeopardy! reference saying "thanks, Alex. I'll take least surprising politicians who believe in conspiracy theories for $400".
"You Special Envoy for the Doubt now Barnaby?" another said.