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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President 2024
Campaign2024 Democratic presidential primaries
CandidateRobert F. Kennedy Jr.
AffiliationDemocratic Party
StatusActive
AnnouncedApril 19, 2023
Key peopleJohn E. Sullivan (treasurer)[1]
Website
www.kennedy24.com

The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign was launched on April 19, 2023, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental lawyer, writer, anti-vaccine activist and member of the Kennedy family announced his campaign against incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden. [2][3]


Background

Kennedy is a member of the Kennedy family, four of whom have previously run for the United States presidency.[4] His uncle John F. Kennedy was elected president as a Democrat in 1960 after a successful presidential campaign, before being assassinated in 1963. In subsequent decades, several other family members sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination, but have failed to be nominated. His father and namesake Robert F. Kennedy ran a leading campaign for the nomination in 1968 but was assassinated before the party's nominating convention. His uncle-by-marriage Sargent Shriver ran for the nomination in 1976, but later withdrew from the race.[a] His uncle Ted Kennedy ran a campaign for the nomination in 1980, but was later defeated in the primaries by then-incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter.


Announcement and launch

On April 5, 2023, Kennedy filed his candidacy,[5] formally declaring at a campaign launch event at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston on April 19, 2023.[6][7] He chose Boston for his launch because of his family's deep political roots in the city, and referenced in his speech that he graduated from both high school and college in Massachusetts.[8] [9][10] He said that his priority would be "to end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism in our country".[6]


Political Positions

Kennedy's campaign website lists his positions and priorities in six sections[11] : Honest Government, Reconciliation, Environment, Revitalization, Peace, and Civil Liberties


Support

Support for Kennedy's candidacy has been offered by David Talbot, founder of Salon.com;[12] Briahna Joy Gray, former campaign press secretary for Bernie Sanders;[13] Max Blumenthal, award-winning journalist;[14] Charles Eisenstein, Yale alumni mathematician and author involved in the Occupy movement;[15] and Russel Brand, comedian and talk show host[16], as well as media figures of the political right such as Steve Bannon[17] and Tucker Carlson.[18]

Notes

  1. ^ Shriver was also the last-minute Democratic nominee for vice president in 1972, replacing Thomas Eagleton.

References

  1. ^ Bradner, Eric; Wright, David (April 5, 2023). "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to run for president as a Democrat". CNN. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.c-span.org/video/?527511-1/robert-kennedy-jr-announces-2024-presidential-campaign
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVOCFci_3rM
  4. ^ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/kennedys-politics/
  5. ^ "Statement of Candidacy". docquery.fec.gov. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. launches presidential campaign". Associated Press. April 19, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  7. ^ "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to formally announce 2024 run for president in Boston". CBS News. Associated Press. April 6, 2023. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023.
  8. ^ Gabriel, Trip (April 19, 2023). "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Makes His White House Run Official". The New York Times. The New York Times.
  9. ^ Bradner, Eric (April 19, 2023). "Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches 2024 presidential bid". CNN.
  10. ^ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Announces 2024 Presidential Bid, the presidential announcement speech, Youtube-Chanel NowThis News, April 19, 2023
  11. ^ https://www.kennedy24.com/priorities
  12. ^ https://www.thedavidtalbotshow.com/blog/my-thoughts-about-rfk-jr
  13. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHsU6O2ne9o
  14. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv0OGZ2iArI
  15. ^ https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/a-major-life-change
  16. ^ https://rumble.com/v2nermq-russell-and-rfk-jr-fauci-cia-secrets-and-running-for-president-128-stay-fre.html
  17. ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-vaccine-activist-robert-f-kennedy-jr-challenging-biden-in-2024/
  18. ^ Dicker, Ron (April 20, 2023). "Tucker Carlson Embraces Anti-Vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Campaign For President". HuffPost.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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