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| Robert F Kennedy Jr to challenge Biden for White House | Robert F Kennedy Jr to challenge Biden for White House |
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| Robert F Kennedy Jr has filed election paperwork to run for US president in 2024 as a Democrat. | Robert F Kennedy Jr has filed election paperwork to run for US president in 2024 as a Democrat. |
| The 69-year-old is the son of assassinated Senator Robert F Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy. | The 69-year-old is the son of assassinated Senator Robert F Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy. |
| The environmental lawyer's campaign treasurer, John E Sullivan, confirmed the filing to CNN on Wednesday. | The environmental lawyer's campaign treasurer, John E Sullivan, confirmed the filing to CNN on Wednesday. |
| Mr Kennedy is an outspoken anti-vaccine campaigner. Instagram removed his account in 2021 for "repeatedly sharing debunked claims", the company said. | Mr Kennedy is an outspoken anti-vaccine campaigner. Instagram removed his account in 2021 for "repeatedly sharing debunked claims", the company said. |
| US President Joe Biden has indicated he will run for re-election, though he has not yet formally declared his candidacy. | US President Joe Biden has indicated he will run for re-election, though he has not yet formally declared his candidacy. |
| He was previously expected to announce his candidacy in early April, but top aides have said his timeline has shifted. | |
| CBS News, the BBC's US partner, has reported that he is expected to formally announce a run in early summer now. | |
| Last month, another Democrat, Marianne Williamson, jumped into the presidential race. | |
| In March, Mr Kennedy shared on Twitter that he was considering a run for president. | In March, Mr Kennedy shared on Twitter that he was considering a run for president. |
| At the time, he said: "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." | At the time, he said: "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." |
| As an environmental lawyer, Mr Kennedy won plaudits for campaigning on issues such as clean water. | |
| But his anti-vaccine views have provoked a strong backlash, including from his own sister, Kerry Kennedy, who in 2021 called him "very dangerous" on the issue. | |
| In 2022, Facebook and Instagram removed accounts for an anti-vaccine group founded by Mr Kennedy, Children's Health Defense, for "repeatedly" violating company policies on medical misinformation. | |
| During the coronavirus pandemic, the organisation flourished, its revenue doubling to $6.8m (£5.5m). | |
| Mr Kennedy had also published a book, The Real Anthony Fauci, in which he accused the former US infectious disease chief of "a historic coup d'etat against Western democracy". | |
| Mr Kennedy also invoked Nazi Germany during an anti-vaccine speech in Washington, DC last year. | |
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| Anti-vaccination movement | |
| Joe Biden |