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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “I was raised in a Democratic Party that was very opposed to…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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FULL SPEECH: Fireside Chat with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at CPAC 2026 - 03/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 20:39

And one of the reasons that I ran is because I just saw that the Democratic Party had lost its bearings. The only issue that really united the Democrat was Trump Derangement Syndrome. And I noticed this very early because I was raised in a Democratic Party that was very opposed to NAFTA. And then in 2016, when President Trump came out about NAFTA, the Democrats suddenly became pro NAFTA. That's true. During the war, you know, I, like President Trump, was opposed to the Ukraine war. (20:39–20:45)

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