RFK Jr. is not your hero

Published April 20, 2023 9:51pm ET



More than half a century after his father’s promising presidential bid was cut short by assassination, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a bid to unseat Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee. Despite Biden’s status as the incumbent, a USA Today poll published the day Kennedy began his campaign found that the political heir has the support of 14% of Democrats, a stunning showing against a president who only managed to maintain the favor of two-thirds of his party, according to the poll.

But however much you loathe Biden, RFK Jr. is not your hero — not if you’re a Democrat, and especially not if you’re a Republican.

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