The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn

Support from right-wing figures Īccording to CBS News, former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon 'had been encouraging Kennedy to run for months', believing he could serve as a 'useful chaos agent' and promote opposition to vaccines. 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'. 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.

He formally declared his candidacy at a campaign launch event at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston on April 19, 2023. On April 5, 2023, Kennedy filed his candidacy. YouTube later took down a video of the speech, citing medical misinformation. On March 3, 2023, in a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Kennedy stated that he was considering a run for president in 2024. 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. His uncle-by-marriage Sargent Shriver ran for the nomination in 1976, but later withdrew from the race. Kennedy, ran a leading campaign for the nomination in 1968 but he was assassinated before the party's nominating convention. In subsequent decades, several other family members sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination, but have failed to be nominated. Kennedy was elected president as a Democrat in 1960 after a successful presidential campaign. Kennedy is a member of the Kennedy family, four of whom have previously run for the United States presidency. He will be challenging incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden. Kennedy Jr., a scion of the Kennedy political clan, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and author announced his candidacy in Boston, Massachusetts. presidential campaign was formally launched on April 19, 2023, when Robert F.

The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn