“They don’t just like me because I’m a Kennedy. Ask them how they feel about RFK Jr.,” he said.
NEW YORK — As a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg got outsized attention when he launched his congressional campaign in New York City late last year.
He was already a social media star — in part through his relentless attacks on his cousin, Trump administration heath secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and had been bouncing around the national Democratic scene very much looking the part of a Kennedy heir.
Now, among a crowded field hoping to win a prized House seat in Manhattan, Schlossberg has another potential advantage no other candidate could dream of: a hit TV show about his family that’s renewed Kennedy clan fervor.
But even with the familial connections and the excitement over the show, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” the 33-year-old grandson of former President John F. Kennedy insists the buzz is all organic.
“They don’t just like me because I’m a Kennedy. Ask them how they feel about RFK Jr.,” he said. “They like me because of my experience, my ideas and they trust me because they see what’s going on with their very own eyes.”
So far, one of the big criticisms of Schlossberg is that he’s never held public office, though h
