robert kennedythe nephew of the former US president John F. Kennedypresented this Wednesday his candidacy for the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 election.

Kennedy, who is a lawyer and anti-vaccine activist, has presented his candidacy with the Federal Electoral Committee, according to US media. With the announcement by the son of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, two high-profile politicians have already confirmed their desire to contest the 2024 Democratic nomination. marianne williamsona writer of self-help books, was the first to run for the Democratic nomination, last March.

The current president, Joe Bidenhas not officially announced that he will run for re-election.

Kennedy, 69, has become one of the leading voices in the anti-vaccine movement in the US at the hands of the Children’s Health Defense organization, of which he is founder and president.

In January of this year, Kennedy, along with other anti-vaccine figures, presented a lawsuit in Texas against various international media organizations, including the BBC and Reutersclaiming that they worked with social media platforms to censor their content.

In 2021, Instagram closed its account on that network for spread “debunked” claims about coronavirus and pandemic vaccines.

On the Republican side there are already four candidates: the former president donald trump (2017-2021), former US ambassador to the UN nikki haleybusinessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson.