As Individuals face the very actual risk of one other Donald Trump presidency, Democrats are scrambling to have interaction younger voters, who appear to be rising ever extra disillusioned with institution politics by the day.
From sure angles, issues are wanting dire. But Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg might have simply discovered a approach by means of to voters…with memes.
John F. Kennedy’s 31-year-old grandson has lately made a reputation for himself by means of his charming—if barely weird—social-media presence. At first, he captured the hearts of memers and Zoomers in all places together with his irreverent posting, importing movies of himself cracking open a coconut together with his naked arms, attending a Shawn Mendes concert with Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski, and performing a suggestive dance whereas singing “Ticket to Ride.” (It must be famous that Schlossberg has actually all the time been bizarre on Instagram.) However currently, the Harvard Regulation alum has used his platform to marketing campaign for Joe Biden, whereas additionally firing pictures at Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—Schlossberg’s cousin—who’s operating for president as an Impartial. (RFK Jr., a famous anti-vaxxer, has promoted conspiracy theories all through his marketing campaign, main a number of members of his household to publicly discourage folks from voting for him.)
Schlossberg has posted political diatribes as varied characters, amongst them Jimmy, a Bostonian who calls RFK Jr. a “friggin’ prick”; Tiny Tim, a cockney Brit who questions why Republicans’ campaign for bodily autonomy contains vaccines, however cease shy of abortion; and even Vladimir Putin, whom Schlossberg paints as an avowed RFK Jr. fan.
It’s a intelligent tactic, pinning his (many) opinions on his cousin’s politics to made-up males—however Schlossberg has used his personal voice too. In July 2023, he posted a video disavowing RFK Jr.’s political aspirations. “I don’t know why anybody thinks he must be president. What I do know is that his candidacy is a humiliation,” Schlossberg stated. He later went on The At the moment Present together with his mom, Caroline Kennedy, the place he stood by his remarks.
Schlossberg has lengthy been tangentially concerned together with his household’s political dynasty, introducing then President Barack Obama on the 2013 Medal of Freedom Award Dinner, which commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kenndy’s dying, and on the 2020 Democratic Nationwide Conference. However together with his current memeing, he has managed to evade the tasteless niceness {that a} profession in politics and diplomacy usually calls for.
