RFK Jr. Speaks to Restoring Critical Thinking, Finding Common Ground During Mississippi Visit

Mr. Kennedy spoke to his discovery of a huge divide in what the scientific establishment was saying about vaccine safety and what was being reported by moms.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., answers questions posed by Ron Matis at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, on Oct. 2, 2023. Courtesy of Charlotte Stringer Photography

JACKSON, Miss.—At the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Oct. 2, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke of the nation’s old wounds—and new—while addressing his determination to move the country forward if elected president.

“Every nation, like every individual, has a darker side or a lighter side, and the easiest thing for a politician to do is to appeal to our anger, to our greed, to our darker angels, to our self-interest,” Mr. Kennedy said.