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Ep. 69: Bobby Kennedy and His Enemies (Part 1)

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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Bobby Kennedy's Campaign for the Democratic Nomination

Bobby Kennedy decides to campaign seeking the votes of people who had never really been engaged before in American politics. He'd already obviously had his support from the civil rights movement, who were definitely behind Bobby Kennedy. There's a famous scene which I'll play in the monologue where he, you know, announces the death of Bartlett,. Like he dances that Barnard King has been killed in Indianapolis. And he participates in the funeral. So but it's this, he decides he's going to like engage in Appalachia and talk about poor people.

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