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Ep. 70: Bobby Kennedy and His Enemies (Part 2)

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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Bobby Kennedy and the Republican Assault

Bobby Kennedy resigned as Attorney General in 1963. President Johnson was worried that Bobby might try to run for the presidency, so he called him and gaslighted him into resigning. The president decided instead to run for a Senate seat from New York state. He announced his campaign just nine weeks before Election Day.

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