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Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he is considered an icon of modern American liberalism in the 21…
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politics · American politician and lawyer (1925–1968) · politician · military officer · lawyer · writer · also Robert F. Kennedy, RFK, Robert Kennedy, Robert Francis Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Kennedy
Born 20 November 1925 · Died 6 June 1968 · Q25310
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2026· 27 entries
“My thanks to all of you and it”
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“who have the least ties to the present and the greatest stake in the future.”
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Entertainment Weekly: Taylor Swift’s ex and RFK Jr.’s son Conor Kennedy put on Russia’s international wanted list
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Goldsboro News-Argus: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Goldsboro - Goldsboro News-Argus
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Washington Times: Conor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., placed on Russia’s wanted list for service to Ukraine
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El Cierre Digital: Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center Spain: Una nueva identidad para proyectar el legado compartido del matrimonio
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KCCI: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Newton to relaunch Presidential Fitness Test
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Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks | (.gov): Miller-Meeks Hosts HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Newton to Promote Youth Fitness and the Return of the Presidential Fitness Test - Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks | (.gov)
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Yahoo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Schools ‘discourage’ students’ physical activity, healthy eating
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STAT: Kennedy’s split-screen week: Talk of vaccines in D.C., fraud and addiction out West
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The Washington Post: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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El Imparcial: El miedo que lleva a Trump al llenar su avión de cajas de McDonald’s, según Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Univision: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visitó un centro de salud en California para anunciar nuevos fondos
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National Desk: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Atwater, announces $102M investment in health centers
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Perfil: La embestida antivacunas de Donald Trump y Robert Kennedy Jr. contraviene a la ciencia
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The Daily Beast: Robert F. Kennedy RFK Jr. Says He Can’t Vote Because He’s Legally Homeless
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Edzard Ernst: Robert F Kennedy and the collapse in fertility
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Yahoo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces move to define ultraprocessed foods
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roundtable.io: Donald Trump y Robert F. Kennedy Jr debatirán sobre criptomonedas en el primer foro presidencial sobre cripto
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Claimed: “The U.S. has “the highest death rate from COVID of any nation on Earth.”” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““There’s 73 studies out there that link Tylenol exposure during later pregnancy and during the perinatal period to autism onset.”” — rated Missing context by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “The RSV epidemic and Lyme disease came from gain-of-function research.” — rated Baseless by FactCheck.org.
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FactCheck.org: Person: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “Infertility is genetic. If your parents can’t have kids, neither can you.”” Incorrect Attribution.
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Claimed: “"Teenage males today have less sperm than the average 65-year-old American man.”” — rated Unsupported by FactCheck.org.
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The Heritage Foundation: I’m a Conservative. Here’s Why I Support Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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2025· 8 entries
Claimed: ““There’s two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““Nations who accept the new regulations [WHO International Health Regulations] are signing over their power in health emergencies to an unelected international organization that could order lockdowns, travel restrictions, or any other measures."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Joe Biden (2025).
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Claimed: “DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.” — rated Pants on Fire! by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “The measles vaccines "does not appear to provide maternal immunity."” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “The measles vaccine "cause deaths every year."” — rated No evidence. by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “The measles vaccine "causes all the illnesses that measles itself causes, encephalitis and blindness, etcetera. "” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: ““The [measles] vaccine wanes about 4.5% per year. So that means older people are essentially unvaccinated. They aren’t — their immune system is not protected.”” — rated False. by FactCheck.org.
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2024· 1 entry
People: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
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2023· 1 entry
NBC News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces Democratic 2024 presidential bid
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2008· 1 entry
The Triborough Bridge in New York City was renamed the Robert F
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2007· 1 entry
Suggest that before the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the attorney general personally authorized one such assassination attempt
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2000· 1 entry
That, at times, Kennedy misused his powers by "modern standards", but concluded, "on the whole, even counting his warts, he was a great attorney general
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1998· 1 entry
The United States Mint released the Robert F
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1978· 1 entry
Won Congressional Gold Medal (1978).
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1969· 1 entry
The former Woodrow Wilson Junior College, a two-year institution and a constituent campus of the City Colleges of Chicago, was renamed Kennedy–King College
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1968· 15 entries
Election lost: 1968 presidential election.
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Died 1968-06-06.
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Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian, in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War
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Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
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Kennedy delivered an address in Chicago, where he critiqued Saigon "government corruption" and expressed his disagreement with the Johnson administration's stance that the war would determine the future of Asia
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Revealed that Daley had knowledge of Kennedy's intentions to run for president by that time, with Daley telling Johnson that Kennedy met with him and sought his support, which he declined
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“About one-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.”
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President Johnson prepared to run for reelection
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“I know there will be an attempt on my life sooner or later. Not so much for political reasons, but through contagion, through emulation.”
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And lost in the primaries to a sitting president, Ted felt that it would destroy his brother's chances later
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With an international award program to recognize human rights activists
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Campaign: 1968 presidential election.
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“For too long we dealt with these deadly weapons as if they were harmless toys. Yet their very presence, the ease of their acquisition and the familiarity of their appearance have led to thousands of deaths each year. With the passage of this bill we will begin to meet our responsibilities. It would save hundreds of thousands of lives in this country and spare thousands of families ... grief and heartache.”
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Days before Kennedy's death
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“A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.”
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1967· 3 entries
At the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania
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Asked Paul to adopt more liberal rhetoric and extend the Church's appeal to Hispanics and other nationalities
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Career landmark: United States senator (1967–1968).
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1966· 7 entries
And barely clapped his hands in approval when Johnson denied waging a war of conquest in Vietnam
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Kennedy urged the United States to pledge that it would not be the first country to use nuclear weapons against countries that did not have them noting that China had made the pledge and the Soviet Union indicated it was
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Kennedy said in a speech on the Senate floor: "If we regard bombing as the answer in Vietnam, we are headed straight for disaster
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Visited Pope Paul VI and urged him to address the misery and poverty of South Africa's black population
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“If we regard bombing as the answer in Vietnam, we are headed straight for disaster.”
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And 1967 they took more direct legislative action, but were met with increasing resistance from the Johnson administration
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Kennedy sponsored an amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 that created the Special Impact Program (SIP)
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1965· 3 entries
And concluded that Johnson had abandoned the reform aims of President Kennedy's Alliance for Progress
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Career landmark: United States senator (1965–1967).
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Purchased an apartment at United Nations Plaza in Manhattan
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1964· 10 entries
Election won: 1964 election.
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Kennedy issued a statement through his New York campaign office: "As I said in Poland last summer, I am convinced Oswald was solely responsible for what happened and that he did not have any outside help or assistance
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Two days before the end of that year's Democratic National Convention, Kennedy announced his candidacy for the U
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On one count of conspiracy and three counts of mail and wire fraud for improper use of the Teamsters' pension fund, and sentenced to five years in prison
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Hoffa was convicted in Chattanooga, Tennessee, of attempted bribery of a grand juror during his 1962 conspiracy trial in Nashville and sentenced to eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine
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And defeated Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating, overcoming criticism that he was a "carpetbagger" from Massachusetts
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Campaign: 1964 election.
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The Johnson administration made Appalachia its unofficial ground zero for the war on poverty
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“mean, bitter, vicious—an animal in many ways.”
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“Eradicating Free Enterprise in Organized Crime,”
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1963· 2 entries
Robert Kennedy was at home with aides from the Justice Department
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In New York City with a black delegation coordinated by prominent author James Baldwin
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1962· 3 entries
Won Ernst Reuter Medal (1962).
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And in fact directed the CIA to halt any existing efforts directed at Castro's assassination
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Pope John XXIII gave Robert and Ethel medals of his Pontificate and rosaries for themselves and each of their seven children
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1961· 7 entries
After Hoffa was reelected to the Teamsters presidency, Kennedy told reporters the government's case against Hoffa had not been changed by what he called "a small group of teamsters" supporting him
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Kennedy petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to issue regulations banning segregation, and the ICC subsequently decreed that by November 1, bus carriers and terminals serving interstate travel had to be in
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Via a division vote, with only one senator standing in opposition
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President Kennedy promised to make a reciprocal visit to Japan in 1962, but the decision to resume atmospheric nuclear testing forced him to postpone such a visit, and he sent Robert in his stead
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Kennedy spoke of an "alarming increase" in juvenile delinquency
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Career landmark: United States Attorney General (1961–1964).
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“s case against Hoffa had not been changed by what he called”
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1960· 2 entries
Especially that of Protestant intellectuals and journalists
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“Anti-Catholicism is the anti-semitism of the intellectuals.”
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1956· 1 entry
The Kennedys purchased Hickory Hill, a six-acre estate in McLean, Virginia, from Robert's brother John
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1955· 1 entry
Kennedy was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court
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1954· 1 entry
David in 1955, Mary Courtney in 1956, Michael in 1958, Mary Kerry in 1959, Christopher in 1963, Maxwell in 1965, Douglas in 1967, and Rory in 1968
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1952· 1 entry
Resigned to manage his brother John's U
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1951· 2 entries
Studied at University of Virginia, Bachelor of Laws (1951).
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Kennedy was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar
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1950· 1 entry
Kennedy married Ethel Skakel at St
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1948· 2 entries
With a bachelor's degree in political science
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Studied at Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts (1948).
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1946· 2 entries
Received his honorable discharge from the Navy
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As a seaman apprentice on the ship's shakedown cruise in the Caribbean
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1945· 1 entry
The United States Navy commissioned the destroyer USS Joseph P
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1944· 1 entry
“going to different schools, always having to make new friends, and that I was very awkward ... [a]nd I was pretty quiet most of the time. And I didn”
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1943· 1 entry
Kennedy enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve as a seaman apprentice
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-11-20.
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