Fifty-five years to the day since his father was fatally shot after a presidential campaign speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a town hall audience on June 5 that he intends to “bridge this toxic polarization that is really destroying our country and tearing us apart” as he mounts a challenge against President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic primary.
At the event held at a historic theater in suburban Philadelphia, Kennedy recounted the night that his father—presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy—was shot, his death the next following day, and the procession that stretched from New York City to Washington.
