ケネディ元大統領のおい、民主党候補指名争いに出馬表明　２４年米大統領選

【ボストンＡＦＰ＝時事】米国のジョン・Ｆ・ケネディ元大統領のおいで弁護士のロバート・ケネディ・ジュニア氏（６９）が１９日、２０２４年大統領選の民主党候補指名争いへの出馬を正式表明した。（写真は米ボストンで開催された集会で、２０２４年大統領選の民主党候補指名争いへの出馬を表明するロバート・ケネディ・ジュニア氏〈中央〉。）
　ケネディ氏は、１９６８年に大統領選予備選中に暗殺されたロバート・Ｆ・ケネディ元司法長官の息子。数十年にわたり環境弁護士として活動してきたが、２００５年以降は、新型コロナウイルスワクチンに関する陰謀論を提唱していることで知られる。
　民主党候補指名争いをめぐっては、ジョー・バイデン大統領がまだ正式には表明していないが、出馬の意向を示している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/04/20-16:23）

Robert Kennedy Jr, a noted anti-vaccine advocate whose uncle JFK was the 35th US president, formally announced his own White House bid on Wednesday.
The 69-year-old outsider intends to compete for the Democratic Party's nomination against incumbent President Joe Biden, who has yet to announce his reelection bid but has repeatedly said he plans to run.
Kennedy's father RFK served as attorney general under Democratic president John F Kennedy and later as a US senator from New York.
The assassinations of both brothers -- JFK in 1963 and RFK in 1968 during his own presidential campaign -- are viewed as among the most significant events in 20th century US politics.
RFK Jr worked for decades as an environmental lawyer, but has been known since 2005 for promoting conspiracy theories about vaccines, notably linking them to the development of autism.
I've come here today to announce my candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, he said at his campaign launch event in Massachusetts, the stronghold of the Kennedy family.
Among the crown assembled in Boston, several supporters wore caps with anti-vaccine messages.
Kennedy vowed to end the deep political division in the United States by telling the truth to the American people.
Despite his highly recognizable name, Kennedy's bid is a longshot against incumbent Biden, whose own official launch is expected later in the year, though no date has been announced.
A few others have also announced they will challenge 80-year-old Biden for the Democratic nomination, but no high-profile names have joined the race.