Jack Schlossberg, former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, speaks out against his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign. CNN’s Abby Phillip explains.

  • Oofnik@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I want the record to show that I was one of the people who downvoted this, and I wanted to explain why. I agree that RFK Jr.'s candidacy is a complete joke. I just don’t think someone who happens to be related to him saying it who has no more political expertise than any of us deserves to make news.

    • Grayski113@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      Except that one time that guy ran for Congress or senate, and like 5 of his 6 siblings made an ad that he was not a good guy for the job. I believed that.

    • Zaktor@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think this dumb dynasty stuff is acceptable only because the only reason we know RFK Jr.'s name (vs. the other randos who throw their hat in the ring and get ignored) is because of the dynasty. If the media just treated him as a nobody who has no business running for president and clearly isn’t making a real bid to win, then they also wouldn’t treat his nobody relatives as having any legitimacy in political commentary, but since they do the former, they’ll also do the latter.

    • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      That seems like a good reason.

      And, isn’t RFKJ’s candidacy itself a vanity campaign trading on the family name? He’s a politically incoherent, roided-out crank, with no qualifications, who would be shouting at clouds, but for the family name?