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(4,575 posts) Wed Apr 5, 2023, 09:01 PM Apr 2023

Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President [View all]

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While he has not yet announced his plans, he filed the federal paperwork for a campaign to run as a Democrat.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the political activist known most recently for his campaign to discredit coronavirus vaccines, filed paperwork on Wednesday to run for president as a Democrat, offering a potential long-shot challenge to President Biden.

Mr. Kennedy, the son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated while running for president in 1968, has not made a formal announcement. However, he teased a run at a political gathering in New Hampshire last month, telling a crowd: “I’ve passed the biggest hurdle, which is, my wife has greenlighted it.”

He has set up a website to solicit donations and volunteers for a potential run, and a tweet pinned to his Twitter account says he will run if “I can raise the money and mobilize enough people to win.”

Mr. Kennedy, 69, was once a top environmental lawyer, but his interests veered away from the Democratic mainstream into conspiracy theories, for which he has earned the public rebuke of some members of his prominent family. A longtime vaccine skeptic, he linked childhood vaccinations to autism, a claim thoroughly rebuked by medical experts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/us/politics/robert-kennedy-jr-presidential-run-2024.html

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Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President [View all] gldstwmn Apr 2023 OP

"...a potential long-shot challenge to President Biden." dchill Apr 2023 #1

This is a problem. I cannot believe the family or the party has not tried to talk him out of this. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #3

Why should we assume the family and the party has not done exactly that? Maru Kitteh Apr 2023 #8

Maybe they should ask again. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #9

I suggest he run as a republican. JohnSJ Apr 2023 #2

He is going to run as a Democrat. Worse, he can fundraise. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #4

I seriously don't think he will get much support in the primaries. He is a conspiracy vaccine JohnSJ Apr 2023 #6

Not if Dems want to Beat & Keep Cha Apr 2023 #31

Yes. It should be obvious, and this picture speaks a thousand words JohnSJ Apr 2023 #35

Wow.. not just with them.. smiling like Cha Apr 2023 #42

Yup JohnSJ Apr 2023 #46

OTOH, he might get some republican votes with his anti-vax positions. no_hypocrisy Apr 2023 #32

On what basis do you assume he can fundraise? brooklynite Apr 2023 #33

Exactly. His own family won't support him JohnSJ Apr 2023 #36

His last name is the most famous name in American politics, he's part of a dynasty gldstwmn Apr 2023 #41

Tell that to George P Bush.... brooklynite Apr 2023 #45

Trump never held political office before he was elected. And that aging group who consider gldstwmn Apr 2023 #47

LOL he and Marianne Williamson can debate each other LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #5

I wish people on here would stop disparaging gldstwmn Apr 2023 #22

This lady is a not a real democrat and is NOT a serious candidate LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #29

Marianne Williamson on fox with a hot omic... Cha Apr 2023 #30

When people show you who they are believe them JanLip Apr 2023 #38

Yes, and I do.. TY for Maya, Jan. nt Cha Apr 2023 #39

This would seem to prove my point. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #40

Aww.. We Don't Like her. Too bad. Cha Apr 2023 #44

This right here is the reason why some people who might be inclined to vote Democratic gldstwmn Apr 2023 #49

Oh PULEASE.. We can't say who we Cha Apr 2023 #51

I never said you can't say who you are. I encouraged you to let others do the same. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #52

I do not see Williamson mentioned in this polling LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #56

He's a nutcase Freddie Apr 2023 #7

He will be in a crowded lane with Marianne Williamson. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #10

He knows damn well not to primary an incumbent president, even if his uncle did do it gldstwmn Apr 2023 #11

ETA: My previous response no longer makes sense. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #12

Actually, I had to edit my post because I agree with him on many things. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #13

I figured that you admired his environmental work. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #14

What happened? My initial reaction passed. I'm upset that he is doing this. gldstwmn Apr 2023 #16

When I was 10 I volunteered for RFK during the CA primary. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #18

That brings a tear to my Irish American eye gldstwmn Apr 2023 #19

... Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #24

I still have H2O Man Apr 2023 #20

It is good to remember the good things that people do. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #23

Also, my wife and I have Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review playing on the box Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #26

I do! H2O Man Apr 2023 #27

Scarlett lives close by to me. Haven't seen her since the pandemic, but in the before times we'd see Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #28

He's toxic trash. The Democratic party should refuse to put him on any debate stage Johonny Apr 2023 #15

You will never see him disparage anyone gldstwmn Apr 2023 #25

According to reporters, Steve Bannon encouraged him to run to split the Dem vote Marius25 Apr 2023 #17

I saw that report from Politico, I think? gldstwmn Apr 2023 #21

There is no other reason that he would run against an incumbent president...won't help him Demsrule86 Apr 2023 #53

Good luck. My cat as a better chance than the non-vaccine candidate. 634-5789 Apr 2023 #34

Calling him a vaccine skeptic is an insult to skeptics. BootinUp Apr 2023 #37

I think you might find out that people outside of this website may not gldstwmn Apr 2023 #43

Is that so? Maybe it depends BootinUp Apr 2023 #48

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k&R n/t ChazII Apr 2023 #54

RFK Jr. wrote a book in 2021 accusing Dr. Fauci of perpetrating "a historic coup d'etat LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #55