Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Faces Family Backlash Over Repurposed JFK Ad

The Super Bowl spot was funded by American Values, a Super PAC

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The politician Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is receiving backlash from his extended family following an ad that ran in the second quarter of Super Bowl LVIII.

The spot deliberately replicated an ad run by the late John F. Kennedy in his 1960 presidential campaign, down to its signature jingle and hand-drawn illustration style. The Super Bowl spot replaced images of JFK with RFK Jr. and trimmed the length by 30 seconds, but was otherwise a direct callback.

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