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The family of Latino civil rights legend Cesar Chavez is doing all it can to stop conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from co-opting the activist’s legacy for his presidential campaign. Kennedy, whose campaign has largely been propped up and promoted by a right-wing megadonor and conservative media outlets, appears intent on winning over liberal voters — particularly Black and Latino voters — seen as key to President Joe Biden’s electoral chances this fall.
She wrote: The underlying story of Kennedy's candidacy is pretty grim if you ask me. Four years after a deadly pandemic ravaged Black and brown communities — mainly due to poor vaccination rates — one of the biggest profiteers and peddlers of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories has launched a dubious presidential campaign targeting the very communities his lies helped injure.
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