John Kennedy announces reelection bid

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Sen. John Kennedy would “rather drink weedkiller” than “let you down,” he said in a video announcing his 2022 reelection campaign.

The Louisiana Republican, first elected in 2016, said that while “we’ve accomplished a lot” during his term in office, “now the socialists are racing to undo it all,” a threat prompting him to declare, “My job, our job, isn’t finished.”

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