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Holding his first campaign rallies since his criminal trial in Manhattan began, former President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday urged college presidents to take a tougher approach to protests over the war in Gaza that have swept across campuses and praised police action at the demonstrations. Calling protesters “raging lunatics” and suggesting without any evidence that they were hired by liberal groups to draw attention away from the surge of migrants at the border, Mr. Trump commended New York City police officers who, in riot gear, arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University and cleared a building that they had occupied. Speaking to supporters in Waukesha, Wis., Mr. Trump called for similar actions at universities across the country. “To every college president, I say remove the encampments immediately,” he said. “Vanquish the locals and take back our campuses for all of the normal students.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, ”, “ Organizations: Wednesday, New York City, Columbia University Locations: Manhattan, Gaza, Waukesha, Wis

☆ Pence Attacks Trump’s Abortion Statement as a ‘Slap in the Face’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a scathing rebuke to former President Donald J. Trump’s announcement on Monday that he thought abortion rights should be left to the states, calling Mr. Trump’s video statement a “slap in the face” to the anti-abortion voters who supported him in 2016 and 2020. In a statement on social media, he described Mr. Trump as retreating on the issue and indicated that his discontent was centered on Mr. Trump’s lack of endorsement, or any mention at all, of a federal ban. “Too many Republican politicians are all too ready to wash their hands of the battle for life,” wrote Mr. Pence, who told Fox News last month that he would not endorse his former boss after briefly running against him last year. He repeated a line that he has said often, noting that the Trump-Pence administration “helped send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs” by nominating justices to the Supreme Court who ultimately helped overturn Roe during their tenure.

Persons: Mike Pence, Donald J, Trump, ”, Pence, “, Roe, Wade Organizations: Fox News, Trump, Pence

Many Americans are dreading a Trump-Biden rematch, but no one feels the anguish quite like a Nikki Haley voter. And I think Donald Trump is horrible.”With Ms. Haley expected to end her 2024 campaign, a crucial new equation is emerging in the electoral math: Where will her voters — and voters like them in key battlegrounds across the country — go in a general election contest between Mr. Trump and President Biden? “The million-dollar question is, will they vote, will they sit it out — or will they vote for Joe Biden?” former Gov. Jim Hodges, a South Carolina Democrat, said of Ms. Haley’s centrist supporters in the state. “A moderate Republican voter in Charleston is not all that different than a moderate Republican voter in the Milwaukee suburbs.”

Persons: Nikki Haley, ”, Patti Gramling, “ Biden, Donald Trump, Haley, Trump, Biden, Joe Biden, Jim Hodges Organizations: Trump, Biden, South Carolina Republican, South, South Carolina Democrat Locations: Charleston, S.C, South Carolina, Milwaukee

Nikki Haley entered a seafood shack in Seabrook, N.H., on Sunday afternoon with some news for the crowd: Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, was no longer running for president. “We just heard that Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the race,” Ms. Haley, the former South Carolina governor, said to cheers from the several dozen attendees. “And I want to say to Ron, he ran a great race, he’s been a good governor and we wish him well.”“Having said that, it’s now one fella and one lady left,” she continued, holding up two fingers, to more cheers. She added: “For now, I’ll leave you with this: May the best woman win.”Ms. Haley and her allies have long sought to frame the presidential race as being between herself and former President Donald J. Trump, even as she finished third in the Iowa caucuses. With Mr. DeSantis now out of the race, that argument became much more salient — though recent polling averages put her 15 percentage points behind Mr. Trump in New Hampshire.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, “, Ms, Haley, Ron, he’s, it’s, ”, I’ll, ” Ms, Donald J, Trump, DeSantis Organizations: South Locations: Seabrook, N.H, Florida, South Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire

“It’s not really a typical caucus because you do have a former president running,” Mr. Shaw said. “He does have the ability to come in and draw big crowds,” he said, adding that “that is not your typical Iowa caucus style.”Still, as Mr. Trump has sought to shore up support in the state, he, too, has made last-minute local pitches. In a video posted by Mr. Trump’s super PAC one day before the caucuses, Mr. Trump said he would “endorse ethanol” because “ethanol endorsed me”— though presented no specifics about what that would entail in terms of policy. The heightened attention on national priorities may not make much of a difference to Iowa in the long term. Iowa has influenced policy by forcing candidates to study up on the Farm Bill, a legislative package that oversees agricultural and food programs nationwide.

Persons: “ It’s, Mr, Shaw, “, ”, Trump, Barack Obama’s, Tom Vilsack, Obama, Biden, Terry Branstad, George W, Bush, — Organizations: Trump’s, Republican Locations: Iowa

☆ Beside Ramaswamy, a Doctor Who Listens More and Debates Less
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“For my young, healthy husband, that’s a different decision than for me when I am taking care of patients who are cancer survivors, and they trust me to be in their airway every day,” she told NBC News. “Giving people that autonomy is the most important part.”More recently, when asked if she recommended that others receive the vaccination, in accordance with C.D.C. guidance, she carefully sidestepped the question: “I recommend that people make their decisions based on the risks and benefits that have been published — and the risks and benefits should be investigated in a fair and balanced manner.” She later said that their children were not vaccinated against Covid-19. She also expressed disbelief at the strong reactions to Mr. Ramaswamy from some who might have been expected to share similar views. “What has been surprising is that people have, in the Republican Party themselves, had such an allergic reaction to someone who is an independent thinker, who actually represents a lot of what the Republican Party — in terms of the people who vote conservative — what we believe,” she said.

Persons: that’s, ”, Ramaswamy, I’m, Nikki Haley, Dick Cheney, Haley’s, “ Organizations: NBC News, Covid, Republican Party, Republican, Committee

In protests, open letters, staff revolts and walkouts, liberal Democrats are demanding that Mr. Biden break with decades-long American policy and call for a cease-fire. The political power of the Israel skeptics within the party is untested, with more than a year remaining until the 2024 presidential election. Their efforts have been fractious and disorganized, and they have little agreement on how much blame to lay at Mr. Biden’s feet or whether to punish him next November if he ignores their pleas. His margin of victory in key battleground states was just a few thousand votes — hardly enough to spare a significant drop-off from young voters alienated by his loyalty to a right-wing Israeli government they see as hostile to their values. Perhaps most concerning for Mr. Biden is that in the halls of Congress, the most critical Democratic voices are Black and Hispanic Democrats who helped fuel his 2020 victory.

Persons: Biden, Biden’s, Israel, ”, Bonnie Watson Coleman, resolution’s Organizations: Democratic, Mr, Democrats Locations: Israel, Hollywood, America, Palestine, New Jersey

☆ Blake Masters Announces Run for Congress, Skipping New Senate Bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Blake Masters, a Republican who lost his U.S. Senate campaign in Arizona last year, announced on Thursday that he would run to represent the state’s Eighth Congressional District — ending speculation that he would pursue a second Senate run in 2024. “I’m running for Congress, to fight for Arizona’s 8th,” Mr. Masters wrote on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. We need to stop inflation, Build the Wall, avoid WW3, and secure Arizona’s water future. We need to fight for our families.”Representative Debbie Lesko, a Republican, has represented the district, in the Phoenix suburbs, since 2018. Also this month, Kari Lake, a former news anchor who ran for governor in Arizona last year, declared that she would run for the seat held by Senator Kyrsten Sinema.

Persons: Blake Masters, “, ” Mr, Masters, “ Biden, Trump, Debbie Lesko, Lesko, Kari Lake, Kyrsten Sinema Organizations: Republican, U.S, Senate, Eighth Congressional, Arizona’s Locations: Arizona, Phoenix

☆ DeSantis Slams Biden Climate Policy: ‘An Agenda to Control You’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Steven Cheung, a Trump spokesman, used expletives in calling Mr. DeSantis a “candidate that just steals from President Trump’s policy book” in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, during the governor’s remarks. In a lengthy, six-pronged policy outline, Mr. DeSantis promised to remove subsidies for electric vehicles, take the U.S. out of global climate agreements — including the Paris accords — and cancel net-zero emission promises. He also vowed to increase American oil and natural gas production and “replace the phrase climate change with energy dominance” in policy guidance. His remarks — delivered above the sounds of heavy machinery — paired standard Republican energy policy, blasting foreign energy dependence and blue state regulations, with criticism of the Biden administration’s focus on reducing carbon emissions and incentivizing clean energy. The Biden campaign criticized Mr. DeSantis’s plan.

Persons: Steven Cheung, DeSantis, Trump’s, ”, George W, Bush, —, Biden, DeSantis’s, ” Ammar Moussa, Mr, autoworkers Organizations: Trump, Twitter, —, MAGA Republican Party, United Auto Workers Locations: Paris

☆ DeSantis Spreads Vaccine Skepticism With Guidance That Contradicts C.D.C.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ron DeSantis of Florida’s administration issued Covid-19 vaccine recommendations this week that directly contradicted federal officials’ guidance as his presidential campaign tries to use the resurgence of the virus to appeal to Republican voters. With cases ticking up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Tuesday that everyone six months and older who had not received a Covid-19 shot in the last two months receive a booster vaccine. The new shots, approved by the Food and Drug Administration this week, appear to be effective against a vast majority of Covid-19 variants now in circulation, according to data presented at a C.D.C. Mr. DeSantis’s administration advised that Florida residents under the age of 65 skip the updated boosters. use healthy Floridians as guinea pigs for new booster shots,” Mr. DeSantis, who has a history of downplaying the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, said in a statement after he hosted an online panel Wednesday to discuss the new federal guidelines.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis’s, ” Mr, DeSantis Organizations: Republican, Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Florida

There was also a college-football game. The event itself was highly anticipated, as is normal for the Iowa-Iowa State game. But this year’s matchup also featured a bitter head-to-head clash of a political kind that started even before kickoff occurred. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the front-runners in the Republican primary, both appeared at the game: Mr. Trump, in a private suite, and Mr. DeSantis, in the stands alongside the state’s popular governor, Kim Reynolds. It was the first time the two were at the same event since the Iowa State Fair, at which Mr. Trump and his supporters taunted Mr. DeSantis, who was heckled and cursed at as he strolled the fairgrounds with his family.

Persons: Donald J, Ron DeSantis, Trump, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Mr Organizations: Iowa State, Trump, Gov, Republican, Fair Locations: Iowa, Florida

☆ Pelosi Pushes Back on Calls for Feinstein to Resign
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended Senator Dianne Feinstein for remaining in office after a series of health issues, dismissing concerns about Ms. Feinstein’s continued ability to serve as a sexist double standard. Speaking to Politico for an article published Thursday, Ms. Pelosi stressed that the California senator, a longtime colleague and neighbor, was “doing OK” and minimized Ms. Feinstein’s recent fall, for which she was briefly hospitalized, as a “very little fall, it was like nothing.”She suggested that the criticisms of Ms. Feinstein, 90, and questions related to her eventual retirement were gendered. “It’s OK, you know, they can vote, and it’s all they need to do,” Ms. Pelosi, 83, said of the rationalizations offered for male elected officials who have faced age-related health concerns. “And then Dianne comes along and then they’re making such a fuss? It’s a guy thing, but that’s the way the world is.”

Persons: Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein’s, Ms, Pelosi, Feinstein, Dianne, ” Organizations: Politico Locations: California

☆ New Hampshire Voters Like Ramaswamy, but More as a No. 2
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Personally, I would have loved to see President Trump take him as his running mate for vice president.”And Mr. Trump himself complimented Mr. Ramaswamy this week, spurring questions about whether the Republican presidential front-runner would consider Mr. Ramaswamy to run as No. On Tuesday, the former president told the conservative commentator Glenn Beck that he thought Mr. Ramaswamy was “a very, very intelligent person.”“He’s got good energy,” Mr. Trump continued. “He could be some form of something.”But Mr. Ramaswamy, who has said repeatedly that he is not running to be second in command, reiterated that stance on Saturday. “I think President Trump and I share this in common: Neither of us would do well in a No. While Mr. Trump has continued to invoke the 2020 election and the indictments he faces, Mr. Ramaswamy calls for a forward-thinking vision of the United States as a “nation in our ascent” with revived patriotism under a drastically altered executive branch.

Persons: Pat Cameron, Goffstown, Ramaswamy, “, Trump, ”, Glenn Beck, “ He’s, Mr, Ramaswamy’s, Trump —, — Organizations: Republican Locations: ”, Newport, N.H, United States

☆ However People Say It, Vivek Ramaswamy Is Happy to Be in the Conversation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To former Vice President Mike Pence, he’s “Vih-veck.” To a “Fox and Friends” panelist on Thursday morning, he was “Vee-veck.” And to some Iowa voters, it’s “Vy-vick” — if they said his name at all. Vivek Ramaswamy, a tech entrepreneur running for president who has climbed the polls in recent weeks, has branded himself as a political newcomer who, despite participating in his first Republican debate Wednesday night, seemed at ease bringing the event to near-chaos several times as he sparred with the likes of Mr. Pence and Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor. A different hurdle he may face, however, is getting others to say his name correctly. The son of Indian Americans, Mr. Ramaswamy has both leaned into and away from his racial background. He has often expressed gratitude that his parents immigrated to the “greatest nation on Earth,” and on Wednesday, he echoed a line from former President Barack Obama’s speech onstage when he introduced himself as a “skinny guy with a funny last name.” (Mr. Ramaswamy has said that “Vivek” rhymes with “cake” and pronounces his last name “Rah-muh-swah-mee.”)When Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, asked after the debate why Mr. Ramaswamy hadn’t corrected the mispronunciation sooner, the candidate laughed and said, “I appreciate best efforts.”

Persons: Mike Pence, he’s “, ”, Vee, it’s “ Vy, vick, Vivek Ramaswamy, Pence, Chris Christie, Ramaswamy, Barack Obama’s, “ Vivek ”, “, Sean Hannity, Ramaswamy hadn’t Organizations: Fox, Republican, New, Fox News Locations: Iowa, New Jersey

☆ DeSantis Defends ‘Listless Vessels’ Comments That Riled Trump Supporters
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A spokeswoman for MAGA Inc., Mr. Trump’s super PAC, Karoline Leavitt, said on Saturday in a statement posted online that “DeSantis must immediately apologize for his disgraceful insult.”Asked about the remarks during an appearance on Fox News on Monday afternoon, Mr. DeSantis said he was referring to members of Congress who had called him a “RINO,” or “Republican in Name Only.”“The people in Congress that I was referring to, that have attacked me and tried to say somehow that I was a RINO, they’re putting entertainment and personality over principle,” he said. “Our voters want us to stand on principle and fight for them.”Mr. DeSantis, who remains in a distant second place to Mr. Trump, has in recent weeks faced a series of campaign woes that included significant campaign staff cuts, stagnant polls and a leaked debate strategy memo. He has received frequent criticism from Mr. Trump and will most likely be the target of further attacks by others at the Republican National Committee debate Wednesday as the leading candidate onstage in Mr. Trump’s absence. “Looks like Ron DeSanctimonious just had his ‘Basket of Deplorables’ moment. Not good!” Jason Miller, an adviser to the Trump campaign, said Saturday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: Karoline Leavitt, DeSantis, ”, “, Mr, Trump, Ron DeSanctimonious, Jason Miller Organizations: MAGA Inc, Trump’s, Fox News, Republican, Twitter Locations: Congress

☆ Trump Dominates in New Iowa Poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump leads his closest rival by double digits in a poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers released Monday, a showing that demonstrates both his continued political dominance and the remarkable stability of the Republican race. That survey found Mr. Trump with 44 percent support among likely Iowa G.O.P. caucusgoers, Mr. DeSantis with 20 percent support and Mr. Scott with 9 percent. Other rivals who showed single-digit support in the Times/Siena poll have been unable to improve their positions, according to the poll released Monday. This year’s contest is seen as the best chance for Republicans to slow Mr. Trump on his way to the nomination.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott of, caucusgoers, Scott Organizations: Republican, Des Moines Register, NBC, Gov, The New York Times, Siena College, Times Locations: Iowa, Georgia, Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Siena

☆ Tim Scott’s Optimism and Faith Charm Iowa Fairgoers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina enjoyed on Tuesday what other candidates had missed: having the Iowa State Fair largely to himself. He shook hands, tried barbecue and threw footballs with fairgoers — all a natural part of the retail politics of a presidential candidate seeking to gain standing in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. Kim Reynolds of Iowa and was repeatedly recognized — and praised — by fairgoers. Still, he faces an uphill battle as he seeks to propel himself from a distant third place, at best. Polls from The New York Times and Siena College this month found that he had support from 9 percent of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers and just 3 percent of likely voters for Republican primaries nationally.

Persons: Tim Scott of, fairgoers, Scott, Kim Reynolds, —, Iowa Republican caucusgoers Organizations: Tim Scott of South Carolina, Fair, Gov, fairgoers, The New York Times, Siena College, Iowa Republican, Republican Locations: Tim Scott of South, Iowa

Not long ago, Iowa was the center of the Democratic political universe. In 2019, two dozen presidential candidates roamed the Iowa State Fair to grill pork chops and admire the famed butter cow as they vied for the state’s caucusgoers. Now, as Republican presidential candidates flock to the fair, Iowa Democrats are at their lowest point in decades. “It is so bad,” said Claire Celsi, a Democratic state senator from West Des Moines. Deep in the minority, Democrats in the State Legislature have squabbled among themselves, ousting their party’s State Senate leader in June after a dispute over personnel.

Persons: Joseph R, Biden, ”, Claire Celsi, Ms, Celsi Organizations: Democratic, State Capitol, Democrats, Legislature, State Locations: Iowa, Des Moines, West Des Moines, South Carolina

☆ Trump to Return Ancient Coins and Lamps to Israel’s Antiquities Agency
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump will return a set of ancient coins and ceramic oil lamps to Israel’s government after reports last week that Israeli officials were pressing to retrieve them. The items were not removed from the White House by Mr. Trump, like the classified documents that led to his indictment on federal espionage charges. In fact, the artifacts never made it to the White House at all. That’s when Saul Fox, a wealthy donor to both Israel and the Republican Party, gave the items to him during a Hanukkah celebration, calling them an expression of Israel’s gratitude to Mr. Trump. Mr. Fox, who runs a private equity firm, did not return repeated requests for comment.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, That’s, Saul Fox, Fox, Israel Hasson Organizations: Trump White House, Mar, Mr, Republican Party, Wall Street Journal, Israeli Antiquities Authority, State Department Locations: Palm Beach, Fla, Israel

☆ This Republican Candidate Is Offering $20 Gift Cards for $1 Donations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Doug Burgum of North Dakota, quite a lot. A long-shot contender at the bottom of recent polls, Mr. Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to the first 50,000 people who donate at least $1 to his campaign. The unusual offer was earlier reported by FWIW, a newsletter that tracks digital politics. Former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, another Republican candidate, recently ended a campaign ad with a direct plea that flashed on the screen to “Donate today, get Chris Christie on the debate stage.”

Persons: Doug Burgum, Burgum, Burgum’s, Donald J, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, ” Organizations: Facebook, Republican, Gov Locations: North Dakota, Florida, New Jersey

☆ Iowa Republicans Set the Date for the Party’s Caucuses — and It’s Early
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The selected day is also the date that a judge has set for a defamation trial against Mr. Trump filed by E. Jean Carroll. Ms. Carroll (who also has filed a separate defamation suit) won a civil case against Mr. Trump in May. The last time the state held its caucuses in January was in 2012, when they occurred just three days into the new year. Still, many Republican candidates, and voters nationwide, see the now-firmly-red state as crucial to gaining early momentum and national attention. And Mr. DeSantis’s wife, Casey, visited Iowa on Thursday for an event held alongside the state’s Republican governor, Kim Reynolds.

Persons: Donald J, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Tim Scott of, Trump, Jean Carroll, Ms, Carroll, —, Mr, George W, Bush, DeSantis’s, Casey, Kim Reynolds, Scott, Pence, DeSantis, Tucker Carlson Organizations: Republican, Trump, Gov, Mr, Republicans, Family, Fox News Locations: Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Iowa, Des Moines

☆ These 2024 Candidates Have Signed Up For Threads, Meta’s Twitter Alternative
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

While the front-runners in the 2024 presidential race have yet to show up on Threads, the new Instagram app aimed at rivaling Twitter, many of the long-shot candidates were quick to take advantage of the platform’s rapidly growing audience. “Buckle up and join me on Threads!” Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, wrote in a caption accompanying a selfie of himself and others in a car that he posted on Thursday — by that morning, the app had already been downloaded more than 30 million times, putting it on track to be the most rapidly downloaded app ever. But President Biden, former President Donald J. Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida remain absent from the platform so far. And that may be just fine with Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, who told The Times’s “Hard Fork” podcast on Thursday that he does not expect Threads to become a destination for news or politics, arenas where Twitter has dominated the public discourse.

Persons: “ Buckle, Tim Scott, Biden, Donald J, Ron DeSantis, Adam Mosseri Organizations: Twitter, Republican, Trump, Gov Locations: South Carolina, Florida

☆ 5 Noteworthy Falsehoods Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Promoted
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He has promoted a conspiracy theory that coronavirus vaccines were developed to control people via microchips. killed his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, is a leading vaccine skeptic and purveyor of conspiracy theories who has leaned heavily on misinformation as he mounts his long-shot 2024 campaign for the Democratic nomination. Mr. Biden and the Democratic National Committee have not publicly acknowledged Mr. Kennedy’s candidacy and have declined to comment on his campaign. Nevertheless, the public scrutiny that accompanies a White House bid has highlighted other questionable beliefs and statements Mr. Kennedy has elevated over the years.

Persons: John F, Kennedy, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Kennedy’s Organizations: Democratic, Democratic National Committee Locations: microchips

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