{"id":1030400,"date":"2024-03-29T17:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030400"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:50:12","slug":"icymi-los-angeles-times-cesar-chavezs-family-wants-nothing-to-do-with-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-los-angeles-times-cesar-chavezs-family-wants-nothing-to-do-with-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-presidential-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Los Angeles Times: Cesar Chavez\u2019s Family Wants Nothing To Do With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s Presidential Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201cWhen we saw Bobby Kennedy begin to use images of my father, and then when we heard about this event in L.A., it really prompted us to stand up and to make sure that people understood that the Chavez family does not support his campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2024-03-29\/cesar-chavez-robert-f-kennedy-jr-rk-campaign\"><strong>Los Angeles Times<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Cesar Chavez\u2019s family wants nothing to do with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s presidential campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Benjamin Oreskes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cWhen we saw Bobby Kennedy begin to use images of my father, and then when we heard about this event in L.A., it really prompted us to stand up and to make sure that people understood that the Chavez family does not support his campaign,\u201d<\/strong> Paul Chavez, Fernando\u2019s brother, told The Times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019ve never seen anybody go as far as using that image for political gain,\u201d Andres Chavez, Paul\u2019s son, said of Kennedy\u2019s campaign event invitation. <strong>Fernando and Paul, as well as Andres \u2014 who runs the National Chavez Center in Keene, Calif. \u2014 said they are endorsing President Biden for reelection, and that if Cesar were alive, he would do the same.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biden keeps a bust of the labor leader in the Oval Office, and Chavez\u2019s granddaughter Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who once organized strawberry pickers and later worked for President Obama, now serves as Biden\u2019s campaign manager.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relatives of Chavez said it was painful to speak out because the Kennedy and Chavez clans remain closely connected \u2014 <strong>apart from Kennedy Jr.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now, with the 2024 presidential election just months away, <strong>Chavez family members said they fear that in a close contest, any support for Kennedy could help Republican Donald Trump regain the White House.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m kind of horrified and saddened about that,\u201d said Fernando Chavez, who added that he hasn\u2019t stayed in touch with Kennedy Jr. since they worked together decades ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fernando and others pointed [out] how badly farmworkers were hit by COVID-19, partly fueled by rampant disinformation among Latinos about the vaccine\u2019s efficacy. <strong>The Cesar Chavez Foundation worked to vaccinate farmworkers, Andres Chavez said, and Kennedy Jr.\u2019s views on vaccines horrified him.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWhen Trump and Kennedy were spreading misinformation about vaccines in the pandemic, people were dying,\u201d Andres Chavez said. <strong>\u201cI don\u2019t think my grandfather would stand by anybody who would be spreading this misinformation \u2014 knowing that farmworkers and Latinos were among the most impacted.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cWhen we saw Bobby Kennedy begin to use images of my father, and then when we heard about this event in L.A., it really prompted us to stand up and to make sure that people understood that the Chavez family does not support his campaign.\u201d Los Angeles Times: Cesar Chavez\u2019s family wants nothing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: Los Angeles Times: Cesar Chavez\u2019s Family Wants Nothing To Do With Robert F. 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