RFK goes rogue

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ditching his family’s party. David Freedlander explains how the candidate might have just gone from being a problem for the current president to a problem for the former one. This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Robert, Francis, Kennedy.
0:05.0	What we need in the United States is not division.
0:09.0	What we need in the United States is not hatred.
0:12.0	No, not that one. His large adult son.
0:17.0	I need my speech.
0:22.0	Robert, Francis, Kennedy, Jr. was running for president as a Democrat.
0:28.0	Of course he was. He's a Kennedy.
0:31.0	You can't read a big thing.
0:33.0	You can't read anything.
0:34.0	But as of this week, he's running as an independent.
0:38.0	It's upside down.
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