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Inside the Hive

How RFK Jr's Media Paranoia Shapes His Worldview

Inside the Hive

Vanity Fair

News

4.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

With RFK Jr. expected to launch a third-party bid for president, Vanity Fair special correspondent Joe Hagan tells host Brian Stelter about visiting the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port and why he thinks the candidate isn't great for the Kennedy name and legacy. Hagan traces the once-celebrated environmental lawyer’s path down a conspiratorial rabbit hole and describes how Kennedy, despite being a charmless "bully" in person, could be a spoiler in the 2024 campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi there, it's Molly Jongfast, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair.

0:05.0

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0:35.1

So Joe, RFK Jr says he's planning a big announcement.

0:40.8

What's he going to say?

0:42.8

Well word on the street is that he's going to announce an independent run for the presidency

0:48.6

of the United States.

0:49.6

He's up till now been a democratic party candidate, which, you know, he's not gained a lot of

0:56.0

traction.

0:57.0

Nor is he tried to gain much traction, but Democrats, he's been more popular with conservatives.

1:02.9

So that will make him possibly a spoiler in the 2024 election cycle, but the chances

1:09.5

of him actually getting to the White House are pretty low.

1:15.0

That's Joe Hagen, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair.

1:18.0

He has profiled everyone from Stephen Colbert to Henry Kissinger, and most recently, Robert

1:23.2

F. Kennedy Jr.

1:24.3

He also used to host this very podcast.

1:27.4

So let me welcome you to it.

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