Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new Vice Presidential pick, Nicole Shanahan, on Tuesday criticized mainstream media for their "horrible, disparaging" coverage of her running mate.
“As recently as a year ago, I really didn't think much of Bobby Kennedy because I didn't know much about him. All I had was a mainstream media narrative that was effectively telling me horrible, disparaging things,” Shanahan continued. “But then a friend who's here today pulled me aside and she said, Nicole, please do me a favor. Please listen to an interview with Bobby Kennedy, just one. So I did. I did. And then I listened to another one and then another one. And I recognized that the person who I was seeing in these interviews was the exact opposite of the media slander of his character.”
“I saw a person of intelligence, of compassion and of reason. I saw a fellow lawyer who had committed himself to finding the truth and fighting for the environment and for people. I discovered a person who speaks out on issues that even though they are critically important to human health and welfare, are consistently ignored by our government. And for the first time in a long time, I felt hope for our democracy again. We can do this. It's possible,” Shanahan added.
