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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/28/forget-kennedy-democrats-here-comes-the-2024-kennedy-voter-00149427
The Kennedy dynasty is most closely associated with Massachusetts, but it is also deeply intertwined with California. This is where Robert F. Kennedy Sr. forged an enduring bond with farmworker activist Cesar Chavez before his tragic death in a Los Angeles hotel. Newsom, a prominent Biden surrogate, reveres RFK Sr. so greatly that he keeps his bust in his Sacramento office.
Yet here was a scion of that storied clan — in the bluest district of a resolutely blue state, a short walk from where then-Sen. Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign in 2019 — standing before a crowd of voters waving American flags, asking them to reject both Biden and the Democratic Party.
“Our independent run for the presidency is finally going to bring down the Democratic and Republican duopoly,” Kennedy tells the crowd of mostly white Boomers and Gen Xers. “Nicole Shanahan,” he adds, “will help me rally support for a revolution against the uniparty rule from both ends of the right and left political spectrum.”
The Kennedy dynasty is most closely associated with Massachusetts, but it is also deeply intertwined with California. This is where Robert F. Kennedy Sr. forged an enduring bond with farmworker activist Cesar Chavez before his tragic death in a Los Angeles hotel. Newsom, a prominent Biden surrogate, reveres RFK Sr. so greatly that he keeps his bust in his Sacramento office.
Yet here was a scion of that storied clan — in the bluest district of a resolutely blue state, a short walk from where then-Sen. Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign in 2019 — standing before a crowd of voters waving American flags, asking them to reject both Biden and the Democratic Party.
“Our independent run for the presidency is finally going to bring down the Democratic and Republican duopoly,” Kennedy tells the crowd of mostly white Boomers and Gen Xers. “Nicole Shanahan,” he adds, “will help me rally support for a revolution against the uniparty rule from both ends of the right and left political spectrum.”
