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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: “They thought that America would never live up to its moral authority and its role as an exemplary nation around the…”

On the recordJune 1, 2025
They thought that America would never live up to its moral authority and its role as an exemplary nation around the world if we didn't first look back and remediate or mitigate the original sin of the American experience — the genocide of the Native people.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Democratic · New York

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Kennedy reflected on the historical injustices faced by Native Americans.

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