- RFK Jr Apologized After His Super PAC Sponsors Aired $7 Million Super Bowl Ad
- The ad was reminiscent of his uncle JFK’s 1960 election commercial.
- Both RFK’s ad and his uncle’s featured the same jingle and cartoons.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has issued a public apology after his Super PAC backers aired a $7 million Super Bowl ad reminiscent of the 1960 JFK commercial.
“I’m so sorry if the Super Bowl ad caused pain to anyone in my family,” Kennedy wrote on X.
“The ad was created and aired by American Values Super PAC without any involvement or approval from my campaign,” he explained.
He added: ‘FEC rules prohibit Super PACs from consulting me or my staff. I love you all. God bless you.’
Both RFK’s ad and his uncle’s featured the same jingle, the same cartoons and photographs of the candidate, in which RFK’s face replaced that of the old Kennedy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly apologized after his Super PAC backers aired a $7 million Super Bowl ad reminiscent of the 1960 JFK commercial.
Both RFK and his uncle’s ad featured the same jingle, the same cartoons and photographs of the candidate, in which RFK’s face replaced that of the old Kennedy.
American Values 2024, the PAC supporting RFK’s long-shot bid for the White House, paid $7 million for the top Super Bowl spot, co-founder Tony Lyons said.
Lyons, who provides a large portion of the PAC’s funding, has also donated $10 million to a super PAC backing former President Donald J. Trump.
His endorsement has raised concerns that the candidacy of RFK, who is running as an independent, will divert votes from President Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.
“It’s fitting that the first national ad promoting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy was bought and paid for by Donald Trump’s largest donor this cycle,” Alex Floyd, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday night. .
“RFK Jr. is nothing more than Trump’s stalking horse in this race.”
Bobby Shriver, nephew of John F. Kennedy, wrote in X: ‘My cousin’s Super Bowl ad used our uncle’s faces and my mother’s. She would be dismayed by his deadly views on health care.
Despite RFK’s attempt to link his candidacy to his family’s historical past, many of his relatives have actively denounced him.
Tony Lyons, who provides a large portion of the PAC’s funding, has also donated $10 million to a super PAC backing former President Donald J. Trump.
“Respect for science, vaccines and equity in healthcare were in his DNA,” he added, referring to RFK’s well-documented promotion of conspiracy theories.
Despite RFK’s attempt to link his candidacy to his family’s historical past, many of his relatives have actively denounced him.
The former president’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, posted a video in July calling his uncle’s campaign “a disgrace” and that he was “trading Camelot, celebrity conspiracy theories and conflicts for personal gain and fame.”