The congressional candidate has repeatedly been vocal about his opposition to his cousin's policies
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jack Schlossberg revealed the last time he saw his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was nearly two decades ago
- Despite their lack of time together, Schlossberg shared that RFK Jr. has appeared in his dreams
- The congressional candidate shared that he recently had a dream about his cousin, in which he was told he would win the election
Jack Schlossberg reveals how long it's been since he last saw his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Schlossberg, who is running to represent New York's 12th Congressional District, recently spoke with Politico's Dasha Burns, who asked the 33-year-old about the last time he saw his cousin.
“I had a dream about him the other night," Schlossberg said before quickly adding, "But before that, it was when I was about 16."
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He then clarified for Burns that in his dream, RFK Jr., 72, told him, “Good job, you're gonna win.”
“Everyone is freaked out about it up here,” Schlossberg told Burns of the dream.
This isn't the first time RFK Jr. visited Schlossberg in a dream, the young politician said. “Right before I passed the bar exam, I also had a dream where he told me I was going to pass the bar exam," he said. "So it's all good. He tells me the future."
Schlossberg is the son of Caroline Kennedy and the only grandson of the late President John F. Kennedy. RFK Jr. is the third-eldest of Robert F. Kennedy Sr.'s 11 children.
In recent years, members of the Kennedy family, including Schlossberg, have been vocal critics of RFK Jr.'s political views.
On June 10, Schlossberg criticized the Department of Health and Human Services secretary's recent health advice.
"He repeats things that are common sense knowledge that we all know," Schlossberg said while appearing on the NBC podcast Here's the Scoop with Yasmin Vossoughian. "He repeats wellness talking points that everybody already agrees on, and then acts like they're these brand new ideas."
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Months prior, Schlossberg said he would investigate his cousin's “anti-vax crusade" and his HHS leadership if he were elected to Congress.
“I think something I would look forward to if elected to Congress would be to investigate the criminality in HHS, because I want to know… why he chose Tylenol and not Advil as a cause for autism?” Schlossberg said in an April MS Now interview. “I wanna know who is paying for the words that come out of his mouth because to me it seems like everyone in this administration is making a lot of money when people, Americans, working families, are struggling.”
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Schlossberg also said he believes RFK Jr. would run for president in 2028 after previously running in 2024.
At the time, four of RFK Jr.'s siblings, Rory, Kerry, Joseph II and Kathleen, denounced his candidacy in a joint statement. Later, when he withdrew from the race and endorsed Donald Trump, the same four siblings joined sister Courtney in publicly distancing themselves from their brother.
After Trump was elected and nominated RFK Jr. for HHS secretary, his cousin Caroline issued a scathing letter denouncing him and calling him a “predator.” At the time, Caroline wrote that her cousin “preys on the desperation of parents of sick children” in his anti-vaccine approach.
“Unlike Bobby, I try not to speak for my father [former President John F. Kennedy], but I am certain that he and my uncle Bobby, who gave their lives in public service to this country, and my uncle Teddy, who devoted his long Senate career to the cause of improving health care, would be disgusted,” Caroline wrote.
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