{"id":1917027,"date":"2023-04-20T05:12:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-kennedy-jr-launches-democratic-presidential-bid-to-familys-horror\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:14:10","slug":"robert-kennedy-jr-launches-democratic-presidential-bid-to-familys-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-kennedy-jr-launches-democratic-presidential-bid-to-familys-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kennedy Jr Launches Democratic Presidential Bid To Family&#8217;s Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frobert-kennedy-jr-launches-democratic-presidential-bid-to-familys-horror%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tRobert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a speech announcing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2023.     REUTERS\/Brian Snyder\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Anti-vaccine activist Robert F.<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Kennedy\u00a0<\/span>Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, announced on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.\t<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kennedy<\/span>, 69, faces little chance of success, but his campaign could serve as a platform to advance claims that childhood immunizations pose health risks\u2014a theory that has been discredited by multiple scientific reviews.<\/p>\n<p>At a rally in Boston,<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Kennedy\u00a0<\/span>did not mention vaccines or question their effectiveness. He said he would prioritize research on chronic diseases if elected president.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is crippling to the middle class of this country. We need to figure out what it is,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kennedy\u00a0<\/span>has been banned from YouTube and Instagram for spreading misinformation about vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>He is the nephew of former President John F.<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Kennedy<\/span>, who was assassinated in 1963, and the son of former U.S. Senator Robert F.<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Kennedy<\/span>, who was assassinated in 1968 during his own presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kennedy\u00a0<\/span>invoked his father and uncle, but also acknowledged that many current members of the extended family do not support his presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>The family is said to be dismayed by Kennedy&#8217;s advocacy against vaccines and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/16\/politics\/robert-f-kennedy-family-biden-2024\/index.html\">conspiratorial views<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re angry to be put in this position\u2013because they always want to support the family, but they\u2019re being put in a position that makes that impossible,&#8221; a person &#8220;who has spoken to several&#8221; Kennedy family members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/16\/politics\/robert-f-kennedy-family-biden-2024\/index.html\">recently told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s anti-vaccine activism has earned him allies on the right. In 2017, Republican then-President Donald Trump tapped him to oversee a vaccine review panel, drawing criticism from scientists who said it could legitimize unfounded skepticism.<\/p>\n<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic,<span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Kennedy\u00a0<\/span>criticized social-distancing requirements and vaccine mandates. At a January 2022 rally in Washington he suggested that Americans had fewer freedoms during the pandemic than Jews living in Nazi Germany. He later apologized for his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Self-help guru Marianne Williamson has also said she will challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination.\t<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 80, said last Friday that he will run for re-election and will make a formal announcement &#8220;relatively soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Scott Malone, Jonathan Oatis and Deepa Babington)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a speech announcing his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2023. REUTERS\/Brian Snyder Anti-vaccine activist Robert F.\u00a0Kennedy\u00a0Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, announced on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. 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