“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Run for Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2024 Despite Controversial Anti-Vaccine Stance”

UNITED STATES – Joe Biden already knows one of his Democratic opponents in the race for the next American presidential election. Several American media reveal this Wednesday, April 5 that the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr has filed a declaration of candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.

CBS announces that the son of former New York senator and 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (assassinated in 1968, five years after his brother John) has already made arrangements with the Federal Election Commission to become Democratic candidate in 2024.

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A candidacy also confirmed by the campaign treasurer of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But the latter had already hinted that the race for the White House was in his sights, in particular in a tweet shared on March 10 in which he invited his subscribers to help him in his choice. ” If it looks like I can raise the money and mobilize enough people to win, I’ll jump in the race. “, he advanced.

If he also represents himself, Joe Biden risks having some difficulties with the nephew of the 35th president of the United States. Antivax confirmed for almost fifteen years, it has even become one of the main voices on this subject across the Atlantic since the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, the Instagram account of this former lawyer specializing in the environment had also been deleted “for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about coronavirus or vaccines”.

A position that is also embarrassing for one of the most famous families in American politics. CNN also recalls that in 2019, several members of the Kennedy family, including the sister, brother and niece of the new Democratic candidate for 2024, had strongly denounced his conspiratorial positions on vaccines in an editorial published in Politico.

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And according to sources at CBS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr could even have been pushed to run on the advice of a certain Steve Bannon, former adviser Donald Trump, also a candidate for the next American presidential election. According to Bannon, Kennedy Jr could be ” a useful agent of chaos in the race for 2024 and a big name who could help stoke anti-vaccine sentiment across the country ».

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