2024 Presidential candidate profile: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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In April of 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is running for the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in the 2024 election. Kennedy comes from a long lineage of what many would consider the closest thing to a political dynasty—the Kennedy family. He is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy Jr., and his father was Robert F. Kennedy, a former U.S. Attorney General. Both of those men were eventually assassinated. Associated Press reporter Will Weissert explains Kennedy as a candidate and some of the controversies surrounding his candidacy.
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