Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s not concerned that he may die if he wins the White House, brushing off hypotheticals about being targeted by a government agency or corporate entity. In an appearance on NewsNation on Wednesday evening, Kennedy was responding to a listener’s question on host Chris Cuomo’s show about the potential dangers of taking on powerful established institutions within the public and private sectors. “You’re going after some of the largest entities that exist: Big pharma. Big agra. Big government. The CIA. The
FBI,” said the listener named Will, who identified as a Kennedy supporter. “We elect you, right. Are you going to live? Are they going to come after you?” he asked. Kennedy responded by downplaying the concern. “That’s not something, Will, that I worry about. I’m not stupid about it,” he said during the cable segment. “The
White House has denied me Secret Service protection, but I do take precautions and I have a very good security firm.” The environmental lawyer went on to say that there are “a lot worse things than dying” and that his historically famous
Democratic family instilled sacrifices for a greater public purpose. “I was raised in a family where we were taught number one there’s a lot worse things than dying,” Kennedy said. “One of those things is living like a slave or having our children lose all their freedoms that so many generations of Americans died to give us and to protect.” “We need to make sacrifices for our country,” he concluded. Kennedy has previously given weight to a theory that the CIA in particular was partly involved in assassinating former President John F. Kennedy, his uncle. Last May, he during a radio interview there was “overwhelming evidence” for that claim, which has swirled in alternative circles for decades. NewsNation, like The Hill, is owned by Nexstar Media Group.