Posted on 04/19/2023 10:32:17 AM PDT by Angelino97
Anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his White House bid official Wednesday with a campaign kick-off event in Boston, standing alongside his actress wife, Cheryl Hines.
Kennedy gave a rambling speech, remarking how the U.S. would have a 'really funny first lady' if he's elected, while admitting that most of the Kennedy clan wasn't backing his run for the Democratic nomination against President Joe Biden.
'There are other members of my family who are not here today,' the 69-year-old Kennedy scion said to laughs after giving shout-outs to the handful who were in the crowd. 'I know most American families - they never have any differences with each other,' he said sarcastically.
He spoke about how his family members 'have different views on politics in this country' and have 'long personal relationships with President Biden' - as a number of Kennedys work for the current administration.
Kennedy said they disagreed with him on issues including government censorship, war and public health - alluding to his prominent vaccine skepticism.
'And I love them back,' the newly minted candidate noted, telling the crowd that family members wrote him 'beautiful letters of love' this week ahead of his announcement, as well as calling and emailing him.
'We have a polarization in this country today that is so toxic and so dangerous at any time since the Civil War,' Kennedy said. 'And part of the principle mission of my campaign and on my presidency is going to be to end that division.'
'I'll try to do that by encouraging people to talk about the values that we have in common, rather than the issues that keep us apart,' Kennedy added.
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Oh yeah, let's really ratchet up the mockingbird morning memo. I wonder if Nikki Schwab is related to Klaus?
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