Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign ad during the Super Bowl, funded by the American Values 2024 PAC, caused a stir for various reasons. Taking snippets from his uncle’s 1960 presidential campaign ad, despite disapproval from multiple Kennedy family members, raised some eyebrows.
The general reaction to this ad seemed to be one of bewilderment. As former Washington Post journalist Steven Zeitchik succinctly put it, “Did anyone else see that RFK Jr. ad or was my stream/mind just hacked?”
Aside from Zeitchik, writer Sophie Vershbow also had a strong negative response to the advertisement, tweeting, “The way my entire Super Bowl party let out a collective ‘ewwwwww’ at the RFK Jr. ad.”
Even though this ad was not officially sanctioned by Kennedy’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee recently accused the campaign of being too closely connected to the American Values 2024 PAC that supports him.
Well-known activist Charlotte Clymer expressed her disapproval by stating, “Just a reminder: the Kennedy family is not supporting Robert Kennedy, Jr. To watch this mediocre excuse for a leader co-opt President Kennedy’s iconic campaign ad is predictably craven. This is what RFK, Jr. does. He’s a hall-of-fame charlatan.”
Adding to the criticisms, Harry Sisson described RFK Jr. as a right-wing extremist who believes in outlandish conspiracies about vaccines and the government. He labeled the Super Bowl ad distasteful and emphasized that RFK Jr. is not a true representative of the Kennedy family.
In a lighter moment, BuccoCapital Bloke injected humor into the conversation by tweeting a reference to “Inglorious Basterds”: “RFK Jr, you are running 1960’s stylized ads to pretend to be your uncle, are you not?”
Furthermore, Scam Economy host Matt Binder highlighted an interesting twist by linking the founder of LimeWire to the PAC that financed the RFK Jr. Super Bowl ad.