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Joining me now is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent candidate for president.

Thanks for being here.

Allry, thanks for having me.

I'm glad to have you. Let's start at the beginning. If you became

president, what would change in people's lives? Our country would change a lot.

We'd, you know, what I have promised to do is to wind down the forever war. I had

to do is to wind down the forever wars,

which both, which President Trump promised to do,

but has not done, I'd unwind the merger of state and corporate power.

The capture of our agencies by the industries

they're supposed to regulate. I'd immediately address the issue of chronic

disease. We have a chronic disease epidemic in our country that's causing us 4.3

trillion dollars a year.

It's five times our military budget when my uncle is president.

6% of Americans had chronic disease, say 60% do.

And it's debilitating us not only economically but it's soul crushing to the families who experience

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