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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Republicans, at least the Republican Party I grew up with…”

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

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RFK Jr. Podcast: Corporate Capture Kills Small Business with Lloyd Chapman

Published | Video Starts at 10:23

It's the only federal agency, I think in government whose budget is smaller now than it was 30 years ago. And that that needs to change. That's interesting to me because Republicans, at least the Republican Party I grew up with, was very pro Main street, at least in its ideology and its rhetoric. So, you know, I guess, I guess there's a, I guess one of their ideological impulses just to get rid of all government assistance. (10:23–10:33)

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Asserts that the Republican Party historically supported Main Street businesses in its ideology and rhetoric.

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