President Trump is obsessed with my grandfather — but not in his life or what he achieved in it. No, just like @robertfkennedyjr @realdonaldtrump is only interested in JFK’s carcass.
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These men are stealing history from present and future generations — by appropriating the past for their criminal agenda, they normalize themselves in the minds of those without living memory.
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I’m one person with a social media account. All I can do, any citizen, is speak my mind. The rest will come later (winning), after we build strength.
For now, if you see something — say something.
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JFK drafted the civil rights act — Trump made DEI illegal.
JFK stared down Russia and did not blink — Trump is Russia’s closest ally.
JFK sent a man to the moon — Trump gave Elon the keys to Air Force One.
JFK created USAID — Trump eliminated it.
JFK fought fascism and Communism. Trump is selling us out to tech warlords, at home and abroad.
JFK stood behind unions and labor, demanding healthcare, higher pay. Trump is stripping working families from lifesaving care , financial support.
JFK celebrated the arts and culture. Trump attacks artist’s identities, took over the Kennedy center just to empty it out and pave it gold.
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.@VP Mike Pence’s recent piece in the @WSJ, “A Partisan Impeachment, a Profile in Courage,” is a total perversion of JFK's legacy and the meaning of courage. As Kennedy's grandson, and a member of the Profiles in Courage Award Committee, I took special interest. THREAD ↓
.@VP draws upon JFK’s book PROFILES IN COURAGE and the example of Edmund G. Ross, a Republican Senator who broke with his party to oppose the impeachment of President Johnson in 1865.
.@VP is right to celebrate Ross, a public servant who, foreseeing his own defeated, nonetheless summoned the courage to vote his conscience, and put the national interest above his own. But let’s not be confused.