Commentary: If there is a Kennedy in your past, you might weigh a Kennedy for president in your future
by Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune
Jul 06, 2023
3 minutes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. Anxious Democrats are taking note.
The longtime environmental lawyer is the son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy Sr., a former U.S. attorney general who was assassinated during his 1968 presidential run. John F. Kennedy, the slain 35th president, was his uncle.
RFK Jr. is political royalty. He is getting attention in Democratic circles, especially from older voters who remember the ultimate iconic family of American politics.
Voters don’t know
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