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Meet Robert F. Kennedy
A Great American
Robert F. Kennedy also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, and activist who promotes anti-vaccine misinformation and public health conspiracy theories. He is the chairman and founder of Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy group, and an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election. A member of the Kennedy family, Kennedy is a son of U.S. attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and senator Ted Kennedy.
According to his official website, Robert who is affectionately known as “Bobby” has spent nearly 40 years fighting corrupt corporations and government agencies. During his tenure at RiverKeeper, he successfully sued dozens of municipalities to force compliance with the Clean Water Act. He won cases against corporate giants too, including a suit against General Electric for toxic runoff from its corporate jet hangar and a court order against ExxonMobil mandating they clean up tens of millions of gallons of spilled oil in Brooklyn, NY. Building on the success of the local Riverkeeper model, RFK co-founded the WaterKeeper Alliance and served as its President for 21 years. Under his direction, it became the world’s largest nonprofit devoted to clean water and now protects 2.7 million miles of waterways with over a million volunteers in the United States and 46 other countries. Over the course of his career he eventually became one of the most influential environmentalists in the United States, receiving TIME Magazine’s “Hero of the Planet”, the Sartisky Peace Award and now nominated to be featured as a Great American and have his amazing story highlighted on our website. Robert made his final break in October of 2023 when he announced his candidacy as an independent for President of the United States. Robert comes from a family of great Americans and one of our sayings is “meet a great, be a great” which is what happened with RFK Jr. He became a great product of his environments, now he seeks to continue to add to his family legacy and create change.
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