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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Isn’t Going Away

2024/5/17
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David Remnick: 罗伯特·肯尼迪的总统竞选对2024年大选构成威胁，因为他可能会影响拜登和特朗普的选票。他的反疫苗立场和阴谋论也备受争议。 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 我有资格竞选总统是因为我40年来一直与政府机构和企业权力作斗争，这使我能够解决政府与企业权力勾结的问题。我不认同特朗普，但我致力于团结国家，而不是制造分裂。我并不反对疫苗，但我希望对疫苗进行更严格的测试。关于乌克兰战争，我认为西方和北约的行为激怒了俄罗斯，如果我当选总统，我会结束战争，通过谈判达成和平。 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: 我相信CIA参与了我叔叔约翰·肯尼迪和我父亲的暗杀。我相信救赎，因为我曾经是海洛因成瘾者，但现在我已经康复了。我并不害怕与那些持有不同观点的人对话，即使他们中的有些人是特朗普的支持者。我关注的是解决美国面临的真正问题，例如校园枪击案，我认为应该对多种因素进行调查，包括药物的影响。

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has never held elected office but is related to many people who have, is emerging as a potential threat to Democrats and Republicans in the 2024 Presidential race. “There’s nothing in the United States Constitution that says that you have to go to Congress first and, then, Senate second, or be a governor before you’re elected to the Presidency,”  he told David Remnick, in July, when he was running as a Democrat. Now, as a third-party Presidential candidate, his numbers have grown in the polls—enough to push votes away from both Biden and Trump in November, especially, it seems, among younger voters. Besides his name, the seventy-year-old environmental lawyer is known as an anti-vaccine activist and a proponent of conspiracy theories. This election season, we’re eager to hear from you. What questions do you have? Let us know at: [email protected]

This interview originally aired on July 7, 2023.