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Kennedy, 69, the son of assassinated 1968 presidential candidate
U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, filed papers with the Federal
Election Commission on Wednesday.
Marianne Williamson, the self-help guru who warned of the "dark
psychic force" unleashed by Republican President Donald Trump,
launched a Democratic presidential bid for 2024 in March,
calling for "justice and love."
A longtime vaccine skeptic, Kennedy was tapped in 2017 to
oversee a presidential panel to review vaccine safety and
science at the request of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, a
move that drew immediate criticism from scientists and public
health experts who feared it would legitimize skeptics of
childhood immunizations.
In 2021, Instagram removed Kennedy's account after he repeatedly
shared debunked claims about COVID-19, in violation of its
policies on the coronavirus pandemic.
The environmental lawyer, a member of the storied American
political dynasty, was a nephew of assassinated President John
F. Kennedy.
Kennedy hinted at his presidential ambitions in a Twitter post
last month asking for help in deciding whether he should run for
the White House.
"If it looks like I can raise the money and mobilize enough
people to win, I’ll jump in the race," he wrote.
"If I run, my top priority will be to end the corrupt merger
between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy,
shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters,
poisoned our children and robbed us of our values and freedoms."
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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