Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! RFK Jr files for presidential run!

[Roland99]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. registers to run for president
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/rfk-jr/

Kennedy, who filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday afternoon, is calling his committee Team Kennedy.

Florida-based attorney John E. Sullivan, who is serving as the campaign's treasurer, confirmed to Raw Story that Kennedy is running for president and that the FEC filing is valid. Sullivan added that the Kennedy campaign's plans for a formal launch remain in the works but that the new presidential committee is targeting April 19 in Boston.

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Kennedy has generated ongoing controversy by pushing baseless conspiracy theories linking vaccines to the onset of autism spectrum disorders in childhood. Last year, he was publicly rebuked by the Auschwitz Museum after claiming in a speech that Anne Frank didn't have it as bad as unvaccinated people do in the United States today.

Kennedy joins Marianne Williamson as Democrats challenging President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. Biden has not officially announced he is seeking a second term but has indicated for months that he plans to make such an announcement.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Just wait for the low post count people fluffing his campaign here nt

[pnwmom]

27. No one here should dismiss the possible damage an RFK run could inflict.

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If he only runs in the primary, he will still be attacking Biden in a way that will largely eliminate Biden's advantages as an incumbent.

And when he loses the primary, there's nothing to stop him from running as an independent. All he has to do is get one or two percent of progressives to pick him over Biden, in order to throw the election to the R's.

[Cha]

34. I agree.. it's not funny.. look what

Stein did.

Link to tweet

[Demsrule86]

36. Well I guess we need to be smarter than wasting our votes as some did in 16...fuck him. He is

an anti-vaxer and anyone running wants aginst an incumbent president wants the GOP to win in 24.

[gldstwmn]

59. Thank you. I don't understand why people can't see it.

The sad thing is, aside from the anti vax stance he's a progressive Democrat.

[Marcuse]

2. Maybe he'll draw the Qnuts if JFK,Jr doesn't show up.

[Roland99]

5. Together they'll be the ultimate ticket

[LudwigPastorius]

35. We need to start a rumor that RFK Jr....

actually IS JFK Jr.

Something something...switched places just before the fatal flight...something something...plastic surgery...something something..

That ought to hold them.

[keithbvadu2]

38. JFK Jr.? That will draw the Q votes.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Team Q has their front-runner.

[Peacetrain]

4. Oh for the love of God...Look who crawled out from under a rock

Robert Jr

[live love laugh]

6. Sure JFK Jr. will be his VP.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. He's jockeying for the VP slot on Marianne Williamson's ticket

She's SURGING, don'tcha know!

[live love laugh]

9. LOL 😂 😆

[Sky Jewels]

7. Oh boy oh boy!

Can you feel the excitement?!?!




Because I can’t. Not even a bit.

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. Hey junior

Just because you can does not mean you should. Stand down.

[OhNo-Really]

11. Faux Democrats on Parade

I shall opt for the “Ignore” feature for any promoters

[relayerbob]

12. As a DEMOCRAT?????

He's about as much a Democrat as Rudy Giuliani. And about as rational.

[Hekate]

13. Sad

[woodsprite]

14. Maybe he and Marianne Williamson will be able to split the 10% she's polling. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. It's that high?!

[woodsprite]

17. Well, Newsweek may have fudged that number by a couple to 8%. nt

[Qutzupalotl]

16. Dude has one of the worst cases of vocal fry I've ever heard.

It's grating to listen to him, and that's not to mention the content.

Good f'in luck.

[musette_sf]

24. He has a medical condition

called spasmodic dysphonia. It’s not an affectation.

That being said, I echo the OP as far as this announcement goes:

[electric_blue68]

46. I heard him speak several years before the anti-vax turn. He mentioned...

his voice.

I think his grandmother Rose Kennedy had it.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

49. It's the same thing Dianne Rehm (sp?) had

Edit: And Susan Collins

[electric_blue68]

57. I liked listening to Dianne Rehm

[sheshe2]

18. Oh boy.

[rurallib]

19. Makes me think of the quote "I knew Jack Kennedy and. ...

you are no Jack Kennedy"

Was that a quote? well it fits.

[Trueblue Texan]

29. Lloyd Benson said that to Dan Quayle ...

...in one of the debates during the Papa Bush V Michael Dukakis Presidential race.

[RockRaven]

20. Oh great, a second person who cannot be spoken honestly about without violating the rules.

[tanyev]

21. There's right wing money in them thar shills!

[gratuitous]

22. Team Kennedy?

But what if he gets mixed up in voters' minds with the Senator from Louisiana? Or the washed-up VJ from VH-1? I offer this advice, free of charge and worth it: Change it to "Team Hopeless," which is less likely to get confused with anything, offers a refreshing taste of candor, and isn't likely to run into any copyright hassles.

[madinmaryland]

40. Does that include John Kennedy from Louisiana? Foghorn Leghorn???

[tritsofme]

23. Someone tell Marianne she has competition for the biggest goofball sideshow.

[Traildogbob]

26. Well hell

Maybe we should counter him with Ron Reagan Jr to lead the atheist party. If we’re gonna bring out the classics.

[pnwmom]

28. This isn't a laughing matter. There is nothing to prevent him from running 3rd party

after getting attention in a Democratic primary -- and then using his 2 or 3 % to flip the election to the R.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. Currently he is running in Democratic primary

If he wants to go third party, sore loser laws in several states will kick in. Getting onto a ballot as a third party is not cheap. Kanye spent $12 to $15 million and only got onto the ballot in a handful of states

[electric_blue68]

30. Sigh. Why did you go off the rails on this anti-vax stuff?! Don't do this!

[McKim]

39. This is Sad on So Many Levels

This is sad on so many levels. It is tragic what he had to go through as a kid and how he turned out. Really sad that the son of RFK is not what his father was. How often have I prayed that if only RFK were still here, we would have a very different country now! I hope he comes to his senses and withdraws for dignity’s sake. He is a tortured soul.

[electric_blue68]

58. It is a tradegy...

Whatever in his initial make up, or some serious life incident previously - might have made him more vunerable to that horrifying event.

Yeah, I wonder through the decades what might have been. Drumphf's bigotries, and cruelties only heighten RFK's inclusivity, compassion, and gentleness all the more!
Sigh.

I hope he won't do it.

[Rebl2]

54. I honestly think

it’s because it got him attention.

[electric_blue68]

56. Maybe, but he was (and may still be in his field) a very high level well regarded environmentalawyer

[womanofthehills]

60. He still is a high level environment lawyer

His team recently sued Monsanto/Bayer and won millions for cancer patients. He’s also part of the California wildfires litigation team.

Also, he is representing 600 people in East Palestine against Norfolk Southern RR.

[electric_blue68]

61. I'm glad he's still able to do this important work! I cert heard about The Round up troubles, and...

now the NS RR.

[ashredux]

31. So sad...he has stained a great family.... I wonder why? So sad.

[DemocraticPatriot]

32. So he has a great, great name....

(no thanks to him), but not much else.


Furthermore, there is no conceivable rationalization for his candidacy against an accomplished incumbent president of his own party....


None whatsoever. This is absolutely uncalled for.


Besides that, I would never vote for any anti-vax candidate...

[JanMichael]

33. I am stunned that divorce papers have yet to be filed.

He is such an embarrassment.

[WarGamer]

37. A Kennedy on the ballot may have been more effective 20 years ago...

A big chunk of the population has no idea who he or the family are.

[madinmaryland]

41. You would think he would have learned that lesson from his Uncle Ted.

Don’t primary an incumbent.

[milestogo]

42. He will choose Aaron Rodgers as his anti-vax VP

and pay his mega-salary.

[helpisontheway]

43. Fool...stains a good family name in politics. Nt

[hippywife]

44. OFFS!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

45. Just had the horrible revelation

He’s kind of the patriarch of the Kennedy clan now, isn’t he?

[DET]

47. No, Not Really

Kathleen - former lieutenant governor of Maryland - is the oldest of Robert Kennedy’s children. She appears to have acquitted herself well in that position. Joe - former congressional representative from Massachusetts - is next in line. The young woman he paralyzed in a car crash when he was 20 died broke and angry a couple of years ago. Sadly, Robert Jr. has gotten the most attention lately because of his radical views on vaccination and his colorful personal life. Robert Kennedy’s sons were known as little hellions in their youth. The Kennedys have a mixed legacy of great highs and great lows.

[Rebl2]

55. Did not

know about the car crash.

[TexasBushwhacker]

62. I didn't either

I knew he tried to get his first marriage annulled, against his first wife's wishes. RFK Jr did likewise.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

48. Whew!

[Initech]

51. LMFAO!!! He'll get laughed out of the primaries before the first vote!

[Rebl2]

53. Hope so

[SouthernDem4ever]

52. Article about Anti-vaxxer RFK Jr

https://thegrio.com/2023/04/05/anti-vaccine-activist-rfk-jr-challenging-biden-for-president-in-2024/

Noticed in the article his connection to Roger Stone and Michael Flynn.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

63. RFK Jr. wrote a book in 2021 accusing Dr. Fauci of perpetrating "a historic coup d'etat

Link to tweet