RFK Jr.'s prepares for a pivotal moment

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By Philip Elliott Washington Correspondent, TIME RFK Jr.’s Campaign Prepares for a Pivotal Moment Editor's note: Phil is on vacation this week, so we're highlighting recent reporting from TIME's Washington bureau, including a fresh look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign by Vera Bergengruen. Link Lauren, a 25-year-old senior adviser on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign, has gotten used to bringing a backpack to his candidate’s events. Supporters tend to come up and press literature into his hands: printed-out medical studies they found online, books about the FBI, environmental reports. He dutifully stows them in his bag, promising the campaign will get back to them. "I'll leave an event with a backpack full of random books," says Lauren, a TikTok influencer who used to cover the British royal family and was asked to join Kennedy's campaign last year after staffers noticed his political videos covering Kennedy and criticizing Biden. "It's a very interesting crowd. Some people get emotional. There's nothing like our events." In 2024, there’s nothing like the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign—a bizarre, freewheeling effort that has capitalized on broad dissatisfaction with both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Now, after weeks of teasing attention-grabbing vice presidential contenders, the scion of America’s most famous political dynasty will announce his running mate on March 26. In conversations with TIME, campaign staffers repeatedly suggested that Kennedy, 70, will pick a younger person, someone who will represent the future and not the past. Read the Story » Share This Story

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