Biden invites RFK’s son Maxwell Taylor Kennedy to state dinner as RFK Jr. runs against him
Biden invites RFK’s son Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, his wife Vicki and his son Max to a state dinner while his brother RFK Jr. running a primary campaign that could embarrass him in New Hampshire
- Biden hosted Indian Prime Minister Modi for a state dinner
- The list of 400 included Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, his wife and son
- RFK Jr. is a vaccine skeptic with 14 percent in presidential polls
Maxwell Taylor Kennedy was a guest at the White House on Thursday, as his brother Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a primary challenge to President Joe Biden.
Three Kennedys were on the list of about 400 guests for the lavish state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — for a gathering of notables, including Hunter Biden, who is about to enter a guilty plea for a pair of tax violations, and longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
Kennedy is the ninth child of the late Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He was accompanied by his wife, Vicki S. Kennedy, according to a White House guest list.
Also listed as being present was Max Kennedy, a likely reference to the couple’s son.
Robert F Kennedy Jr. challenges President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. Biden invited his brother Maxwell Taylor Kennedy to a state dinner on Thursday
Maxwell Taylor Kennedy (RFK Jr.’s brother) and Vicki S. Kennedy arrive for the state dinner
Max Kennedy arrives for the state dinner
It’s another Kennedy, RFK Jr., who made headlines recently, following a whopping 20 percent poll against the current president. He sat at 14 percent in the latest Real Clear Politics average.
Few political pundits view the COVID vaccine skeptic as a threat to the incumbent president who wins the nomination. But he risks harming Biden by undermining a sense of momentum in the early primaries.
That’s partly because New Hampshire, because of its tradition and state law, can oppose the Democratic National Committee’s new rules and try to get ahead of South Carolina.
Max Kennedy, grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, was on the list for Thursday’s state dinner. Earlier this week, he addressed a 60th anniversary reception at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy with their newborn Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
Maxwell Taylor Kennedy is a lawyer and writer
Should Biden decide not to get involved after expressing support for the DNC’s effort to diversify the calendar, RFK Jr. could give his campaign a black eye.
Incumbents who avoid tough primary challenges generally fare much better in the general election. It was another Kennedy, Biden’s friend and brother of Bobby Kennedy, Senator Edward Kennedy, who did lasting damage to President Jimmy Carter with his own 1980 campaign.
Max Kennedy Jr. served on the government’s coronavirus task force during the Trump administration and became a whistleblower after seeing what he mentioned incompetence in the first reaction amid the effort to procure protective gear.
Three other siblings of RFK Jr wrote an article called him “tragically wrong” about vaccines where they quashed his “campaign to attack the institutions committed to reducing the tragedy of preventable infectious diseases.”