John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, is officially trying to ride the family name back into Washington — and he’s doing it by attacking President Donald Trump.
The 32-year-old Democrat announced Tuesday that he’s running for Congress to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., in Manhattan’s 12th District. Nadler, one of Trump’s fiercest critics, is finally stepping down after 17 terms in office.
In a campaign video posted to social media, Schlossberg promised to bring “energy and drive” to Washington. But instead of focusing on issues that matter to working Americans, he launched straight into anti-Trump talking points.
“It’s a corruption crisis,” he claimed. “The president has made almost a billion dollars this year. He’s picking winners and losers from inside the Oval Office. It’s cronyism, not capitalism.”
He went further, saying the nation faces “a constitutional crisis with one dangerous man in control of all three branches of government.”
For most conservatives, the video felt like déjà vu — another elite Kennedy preaching about “saving democracy” while ignoring the chaos Democrats have created in cities like New York.
Schlossberg, who’s built a social media following by bashing Trump and even mocking his own cousin, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seems eager to continue the family’s liberal legacy.
Last month, he posted a Halloween “costume idea” mocking his cousin’s Make America Healthy Again message — complete with a fake list of diseases.
Nadler said in September that it’s “time for new leadership” in his district, which covers Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and Midtown. Schlossberg is clearly hoping the Kennedy name — and his Trump-bashing rhetoric — will be enough to fill Nadler’s shoes.
But with voters increasingly frustrated by Democrat-run cities, Schlossberg may soon find out that his famous last name isn’t the political weapon it used to be.