From the archives: Robert F. Kennedy launches 1968 presidential campaign

On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced he was running for president during a speech in the Senate caucus room. Kennedy was running to become the Democratic nominee, challenging the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson, who announced later that month that he would not seek reelection.
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[@louissmith1393]

The greatest President America never had.

[@robz7789]

2nd, Humphrey is.

[@samgarcia3807]

@@robz7789Hubert was mid, Bobby the Goat

[@robertosso5210]

we can still have him as president thru his son Rfk jr.

[@samgarcia3807]

@@robertosso5210 I will be voting for him, the Kennedy genes are strong in Jr.

[@robertosso5210]

@@samgarcia3807 yes and whats so amazing is that the democratic party is sticking with and choosing biden over Rfk jr. which makes no sense at all

[@libertyann439]

There's a plaque on the door outside this room with all three Kennedys who served in the Senate. It's wonderful to hear a sane, gracious announcement. Politicians don't speak like this anymore.

[@ryanetbainter]

His son speaks like this.

[@briannacc3983]

Ted Kennedy ruled the Senate.

[@missizaskun]

@@ryanetbainter No, he does not

[@ryanetbainter]

@@missizaskun he certainly speaks better than Biden and Trump

[@KOMET2006]

​@@missizaskun - RFK Jr. is a FOOL and would be wise to withdraw from the race pronto.

[@user-qc6ms4xy9m]

I'm Republican So What. I don't like the way Bobby Kennedy Sr was treated then. And I don't like the way Bobby Kennedy Jr is treated now

[@_cloudiiskxy_158]

Yes

[@raeyner]

Americans being open minded and seeing what RFK Jr. has to say will win him the election. We just need people to see Trump for his failed promises and slanderous attacks against opponents characters rather than attacks against the structure that has been draining the US people of their funds.

[@LordGreystoke]

How Bobby Kennedy Sr was treated then? He was assassinated!

[@roddunham8887]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@jamesanthony5681]

RFK Jr has brought that onto himself.

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

Please give us the full hour broadcast which includes Sen. McCarthy’s response. This is an historic treasure ehich must never be lost or forgotten. Also, I would like to see the CBS Reports profile on RFK on KZbin. It was originally aired in June 1967.

[@tylerjewell2399]

As a 30 year old trying to understand how we got here: please.

[@joesawyer3642]

Elvis Presley did a song 1968 "IF I CAN DREAM" for Bobby and DR Martin Luther King "You have just witnessed a devastated Elvis singing out his soul to honor his assassinated friends, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Senator Bobby Kennedy who was also a fierce fighter for human rights and equality. Watch the video "Elvis Presley and the Black Community" and that will give you an good idea of how Elvis fought his heart out for the innocent downtrodden.. He grew up dirt poor and hung out with African Americans who loved him as much as he loved them. He was a force for good, and it hurts to see him called a racist. He was a courageous fighter all of this life. I love that man. listen to that song. Thank you!

[@josephgeorge7385]

Thanks I just listened to the song by Elvis never knew about it

[@danaalexander5211]

Astonished by so many historical parallels of the conditions prompting the candidacy of both RFK Sr. and Jr. Delightful to see RFK Jr sitting there listening to to his dad. He listened well. 🇺🇲RFK Jr 2024🇺🇲

[@nutritiousyogi]

how anyone is considering anyone else is baffling to me.

[@jcesarrr]

KENNEDY24

[@johnnydeano2288]

He’s talking about jobs & education, not loan forgiveness & handouts. What a novel approach.

[@fancykarlmarx]

Ok but it’s not 1968 anymore. So much has changed and prices have been gouged a thousand fold. Were he here today he’d be in full support of loan forgiveness and free schooling.

[@thomasnigrelli6111]

One of the great men of my lifetime. An unspeakable loss that is felt to this day. I was only 9 in 1968. I remember that era very well. Rest in peace Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

[@daveinmilwaukee]

Same here, Thomas. RFK died right after my 10th birthday. It was inconceivable that another Kennedy brother could be assassinated and die only two months after MLK, and when the loss of JFK was still very raw in many people's minds (including my family's). All three men gave so much hope and meant so much to so many people. RFK's death happened at the very end of my 4th-grade school year. I was fortunate to have a teacher (and parents, too) who insisted her students closely follow, understand, and discuss current events every day. So I was keenly aware of the all the major news events that school year including civil rights, the MLK assassination, the Vietnam War and the Tet Offensive, the anti-war protests, the Pueblo incident, LBJ's decision not to run for re-election, Bobby Kennedy's campaign and the other candidates for the 1968 presidency.

[@tylerlozano9849]

My Uncle from Virginia worked on RFK’s campaign in 1968.

[@HulkHogansMustache]

hope you're working for RFKJR!!

[@tylerlozano9849]

I wish I was but no I am not and I don’t Think RFK Jr is going to win but I do like him a lot I might have to work for Trump.

[@johnnydeano2288]

I hope your uncle is still with us. If you could share a couple memories of his about RFK & that whole era, we’d love to hear. I was a kid but I remember my mother telling my sisters when they got up for school “they shot Kennedy,” & watching that funeral train & Ethel & his kids. Heartbreaking.

[@tylerlozano9849]

@@johnnydeano2288hey listen I don’t want to say if my Uncle is alive or not because it’s really confidential I don’t want to give out his name on social media because he is not like a celebrity or politician himself he was just lucky to get the job and yes he met him and even Martin Luther King Jr and John Lewis but I never asked him where he was when RFK was assassinated in 1968 but yes he worked on RFK’s Campaign in 1968 for President and met RFK when he visited the main headquarters but like I said I can’t name my Uncle or use it on social media because it’s confidential and I can’t tell you if he is alive or dead so and I wish I was someone working on a campaign and I am not sure if RFK Jr remembers him or RFK Sr Wife Ethel or his 10 kids at the time because Ethel was pregnant with their daughter Rory at the time so because this was like almost 60 years ago so if I asked one of the kids they might not remember my Uncle and plus I was not born in 1968 I was born in 1990 but my uncle told me the story when he used to visit me when he came to New Jersey and when I came to Virginia so I can’t say his name my apologies but you have to know that there are things where you can’t bring up someone’s name but sorry I didn’t get back to you right away.

[@monicalotti5648]

They were the hope of our world.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

A true American hero. I can’t bear to watch this. He was a great man and would have been a great president.

[@roberthouston3809]

This is one of the sadest things I've ever seen GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY!

[@verioffkin]

Very interesting. Thank You CBS.

[@danadams4714]

I'd forgotten how young he was at the time of this announcement. A stunning contrast between the two aged men we have to choose between these days.

[@paulmccartney1982]

You could vote for his son

[@alejandrinahs]

RFK Jr. and today’s youth carrying the torch of our parent’s era into a delayed brilliant future. 🇺🇸

[@UnitedStates17]

RFK Jr. has stated that he does not want to fund Ukraine, and he has many controversial and conspiracies viewpoints. I do not believe he is a good Candidate, all I believe is that he will split the votes for Biden, benefiting Trump. RFK Jr’s family members have told him not to run, and they endorsed Biden (who in no means is perfect, yet still is a decent moral man).

[@user-ct8ro9gl2b]

@@UnitedStates17 Are you implying RFK Jr. is immoral because he doesn’t want to fund Ukraine? What are his other “controversial” views? Biden is by no means a moral man. Harris called him a racist during the democratic primaries before she got selected as his VP. His bigotry was known to the party, yet he was chosen to be the face of the progressive, liberal movement. Not to mention he’s been caught sniffing children on camera multiple times…

[@snouu9949]

@@UnitedStates17Joe Biden may have been a decent, moral man but now he cannot fork a light in americas future any longer as he is but a shell of the man who existed. RFK Jr is far from perfect but HE is a decent, moral man… HE is the man you say you seek. Biden, as sad as it is, is just a smoke mirror and a figure head but is in no way the person running your beautiful country.

[@reegwalk]

@@UnitedStates17 Don't believe the traditional media. They distort his views. He makes decisions based on moral principles and independent research, not what a particular group think (i.e. the left or right). This is the type of leader we need to bring the country together.

[@Melebee3]

​@@UnitedStates17 The American people have the capacity to break the two party prison. There's strength in numbers. People will vote for those who inspire them. Not for who they think has a better chance at winning. So far, RFK Jr is the only candidate out there speaking to many Americans, addressing the issues they care about, and hoping to bring about unity among all. We are broken and divided. He's the only one addressing that and hoping to heal that.

[@kevinconnolly9982]

What might have been.

[@jerrykinworthy9225]

And now these networks are keeping this mans son out of the debates. Smh.

[@user-qc6ms4xy9m]

The Problems is Division in both of our parties. Republican and Democrat

[@johnnydeano2288]

And they aim to divide us in every way possible so they can exploit that division to gain power.

[@zues287]

Help us end the division by voting for his son. He wants to end the division and reunite Americans. I suggest you watch "Who is Bobby Kennedy" if you haven't already.

[@user-ho4un5bn3s]

It’s same conference room they had five years later for senate watergate hearings

[@jtn1920]

The path he warned about is the path we ended up taking as a country, and look at us now.

[@troynewell7800]

I feel like the great American comeback starts with the presidency of his son

[@January.]

Someone you know extremely well is obviously a graduate of the University of Social Media, Gullibility, and Conspiracy Theories.

[@slycat128]

You people actually are HILARIOUS thinking that an independent candidate can win a presidential election ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@briannacc3983]

He's not campaigning anywhere near close enough to have a remote chance at winning.

[@tom-kz9pb]

My, aren't we being stupid, today? But the obscene irony is practically a work of art.

[@snouu9949]

⁠@@slycat128you people actually are HILARIOUS thinking as long as its one of the two parties that win you will be alright. Thinking that you cant look beyond what you know now. Thinking what you have now works… dudes like Kennedy snr and jr are gold

[@shakun10888]

I saw his daughters speak at an event for their father several years ago. You can still the trauma of their father’s death, as well as their brothers’ deaths etched across their faces. They live with it everyday.

[@izzigogo]

We lost RFK Senior, now lets get RFK Jr in there ....... Kennedy 2024 ♥ ♠ ♥

[@daveinmilwaukee]

Sorry, the only similarities between RFK Senior and RFK Junior is in their faces and names.

[@izzigogo]

you must now know him - Look up his documentary - he lives on for his father.@@daveinmilwaukee

[@raelraven3]

@@daveinmilwaukeeExactly. Junior is a disgrace to his father’s legacy.

[@aytony4090]

​@raelraven3 how?

[@izzigogo]

@@daveinmilwaukee Check off all that Sr. stood for and they match...

[@IWantChangeSoon]

20:30 our guy

[@Godstricep_2.0]

So sad he was killed. He would’ve been a great leader. I’m supporting Bobby Kennedy JR in 24’ 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@roxannagambill759]

Robert Kennedy Jr. is the antithesis of his father. Nobody in his own family supports his candidacy.

[@sances2007]

@@roxannagambill759fake news .

[@deniseeldridge3575]

This was America's democratic party then, but definitely not TODAY!!! Help us all Father God and help our great Country America ❤❤❤

[@zues287]

Be a part of the change and help us bring America back to this era by voting for his son, RFK Jr. I recommend watching "Who is Bobby Kennedy" if you haven't already.

[@threerings1345]

If the Kennedy brothers were alive to witness the Supreme Court's recent actions, particularly the presidential immunity decision, they'd be sickened and immensely alarmed. The court transformed the office of President into a kingship for 1 man's benefit. Two-thirds of the court are bestowing upon Trump all ammunition required to lead as a Fascist despot. Undoubtedly the Kennedys would fight this utilizing all of their influence.

[@RogerVKint]

I turned 16 that day. Best birthday ever. Well, lol, 21st wasnt bad either.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Drinking age wasn't 21 back then.

[@RogerVKint]

@@TheLordOfNothing In Oregon it was & still is.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@RogerVKint Ah. Here in GA it was 1986.

[@RogerVKint]

@TheLordOfNothing OK, I see. Love your name by the way.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@RogerVKint I am, after all, the Lord of Nothing. Except for my house.

[@janisbaumrucker3431]

God bless this man! We need such a fellow NOW.

[@user-fx9gi8em9l]

He was killed on June 6, 1968

[@EdKazO-Vision]

We know.

[@robertosso5210]

yes he was but not by the person who everyone think it was whos still in prison!

[@alpha-omega2362]

@@robertosso5210 I won't state his name, but it was the "security guard" standing directly behind him who had the same caliber bullets as Sirhan who was shooting from the front. It was the guard who administered the fatal shot to the back of the head...RFK, Jr. names him in an interview... also, it is the guard's clip on tie that RFK grabbed and is laying beside him in the photo's ...

[@robertosso5210]

@@alpha-omega2362 yes but i dont know why the news and media said it was him instead of sirhan sirhan

[@robertosso5210]

@@alpha-omega2362 they never said it was him instead of sirhan sirhan

[@arricammarques1955]

The eloquence of running with hope & civility are dearly missed.

[@shahrulamar5358]

Rory Kennedy only born after her father died.

[@thomaskallmyr]

The CBS 60 minutes has been notified😢😢😢😢😢

[@cajunkuto]

Look how young these candidates were,now it’s a bunch of old creeps.

[@dakotagrider]

Whst could of been

[@devonbatiste8614]

Aww man, if RFK Jr can pull this win off. We gotta get him in RFK Jr 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@robertosso5210]

i dont know for the life of me of why the democratic party is sticking with and choosing biden over Rfk jr.

[@snouu9949]

@@robertosso5210because choosing Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. involves ACTUAL REFORM! 🤯🇺🇸

[@robertosso5210]

@@snouu9949 i also wonder if biden had decided not to run for reelection, would the democratic party then choose Rfk jr?

[@snouu9949]

@@robertosso5210 I believe with great conviction they would not have because of again the reason I stated above - I would like to add that it is not solely Biden that stinks, although he does, but the policies and the funding that entrenches American politics today.

[@robertosso5210]

@@snouu9949 if biden didnt run again then who would they nominate?

[@williamgates5208]

We need this same direction and energy so so desperately today!

[@zues287]

His son is who you're looking for, and he's running for president. I'd recommend watching "Who is Bobby Kennedy" if you haven't already.

[@lennon1252]

24:53 RFK JR. listening to his father saying the most important thing is to get jobs for people and education. The same things JR. is talking about in 2024.

[@shahrulamar5358]

Edward Kennedy lived much longer than all his 3 brothers.

[@billoddy5637]

Well, he wasn’t murdered…

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@billoddy5637 Many people still believed he was responsible for the death of Mary Jo at Chappaquidick in summer 1969.

[@alpha-omega2362]

interesting statement about the Unions. I believe Jimmy Hoffa was still teamster''s boss....

[@lennon1252]

20:18 14 year old RFK JR. sitting in between his sisters Kathleen and Mary Kerry.

[@user-oz5cz3qy5s]

Man I was in 4th grade and I r was exciting until the unthinkable

[@mariacardenas4665]

Three weeks before my boyfriend was born

[@eos001]

Same story every 4 years..

[@isidorosalgado86]

Rfk jr 2024 🇺🇸

[@thomaskallmyr]

Photo was 100% sharp in Colour,taken by Miss Maria Bernadette Peraic😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮born 1954,died 1996.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@user-sf5ri7qn3y]

your son will become the 47th president of the usa bobby..just like your older brother

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

さがわという名前誰ですか? 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@MalEvansUSA]

They killed him

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

生田竜聖様 いくたりゅうせい様 アナウンサー 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@parvinbehboodi529]

The greatest President America never had, agreed.

[@zues287]

We could HAVE him by getting his son into the White House. I suggest watching "Who is Bobby Kennedy" if you haven't already. His son is running for president. He's polling better than any independent candidate in history, but the DNC and corporate controlled media are running massive smear campaigns against him.

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

神木隆之介様 かみきりゅのすけ様 俳優と声優 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@mariadelcarmenvaldezlozano9534]

Did he fracture his nose it seems different from the early 60s

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

田沼陽一様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

生田斗真様 いくたとうま様 俳優とタレント 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@thomaskallmyr]

She was like in TERMINATOR 2,put in Menthal Hospital,in LUND,SWEDEN,to shut her mouth,from revealing Policeman Walther Evert Kegö 19451126-3339 😅😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

秋元優里様 あきもとゆり様 アナウンサー 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@izzigogo]

I can't believe that RFK's wife is now against her own son, RFK Jr, who represents her late husband.

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

関口暁彦様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@angelagaona2087]

RFK 2024

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

石塚邦雄様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

三井のお父さん オズワルドですか? 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

たけなみ様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@Dteshome85]

Rfk jr 2024

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

町村信孝先生 伊東智美MI6

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

露木康浩様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@thomaskallmyr]

Maria Bernadette Peraic was originally from Croathia😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

多胡里枝様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@_cloudiiskxy_158]

Now we have his son trying to give us our country back!

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

竹田久男様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@chicorodriguez8197]

RFK2024

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

深見健一様 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@imisseveryone2716]

Just reading the date of this speech, my cousin was killed in Vietnam the day before - he was 19. I remember all too well the evening he was assassinated. I never understood how this could happen, sadly I do now. Don't be fooled - RFK Jr. IS NOT THE MAN HIS FATHER WAS.

[@zues287]

How so? He literally has the exact same views, ideals, and policies of his father and uncle...

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

榊原英資様 さかきばらえいすけ様 経済学者 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

ヨコハマ物語　大和和紀先生 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

帝銀事件 平沢貞通

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

植田俊様 うえだたかし様 三井不動産代表取締役 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@robertosso5210]

RFK JR. 2024!!!

[@gerardgallagher1495]

RFK.jr in 2024

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

服部龍二先生 はっとりりゅうじ先生 国際政治学者 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

新浪剛史様 にいなみたけし様 サントリー最高経営責任者 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

鈴木修様 すずきおさむ様 元スズキ最高経営責任者 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@joeryanstrialbook2005]

God damn the horror of what Siran Siran did. May he rot in his cell.

[@daveinmilwaukee]

And RFK Junior wants him freed. At least most of his brothers and sisters are not bats--t crazy like him, and want Sirhan to stay right where he is. In the case of Sirhan and the Manson lunatics, 50+ years is not "enough." I am no fan of Gov. Newsom, but I am 100% behind him on this issue. Life means life.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't RFK Jr. say that someone else (or, in addition to Sirhan - can't recall) shot his father in that hotel kitchen in 1968?

[@emermbiemeri]

a po desheroni. denate tev. politika amerikane. kah kamn popullin edhe rrugen

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

私の祖父深見賢也様 伊東智美CIA

[@alpha-omega2362]

nice speech written by Ted Sorenson...

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

永田寿康先生 伊東智美CIA

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

佐川宣寿様 さがわのぶひさ様 官僚 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@disastermaster1413]

50 years later he is still campaigning

[@AdvMedic2010]

RFKJR2024….President

[@user-re5mt3bv2g]

中村高等学校　 やじま先生 伊東智美MI6とCIA

[@daimyenscribner-morales6579]

Rkf jr . He’s carrying the torch

[@BrianHi-sf8hb]

His son doesn't believe his father was killed by Sirhan. Complete stupidity as there were at least 20 witnesses in a 12 x 12 area. He would say his son is nuts.

[@justingantt9896]

#RFKJR all the way 🇺🇸

[@quocanhnguyen2827]

RFK JR 20:27

[@gavinbarnes6310]

Rfk2024

[@jcesarrr]

KENNEDY24

[@GalileoScientist]

Please, please, please vote for this man’s son.

[@tabo01]

Lacking the balls to take on LBJ until McCarthy did.

[@antoniboleslawowicz8095]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has nothing to do with his father. He is not a continuation of his father. He is best left ignored. Robert F. Kennedy Sr’s loss was more than merely the loss of one man. It was in essence an avalanche of lost hopes, lost aspirations and, yes, lost lives -- mainly in the Vietnam disaster, which Richard Nixon prolonged. I still mourn his loss, almost 56 years later.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Robert F Kennedy Sr. was his older brother's chief adviser, and it was JFK that got America entrenched in Vietnam when he sent 15,000 military into that country (less than 50% the size of Texas), and despite what JFK said, they were not coming out, and had he lived, JFK was headed down the same path that LBJ took in 1965. Why?? Because JFK didn't know what he was doing and he botched Vietnam. I take him at his word in his inauguration address ("bear any price, any burden, etc."). JFK was stuck, and once in, it's impossible to pull back and get out. Robert McNamara made that point.

[@emermbiemeri]

lufen. tavolin. ta kah fitu. tavolin.

[@alevyts3523]

He was killed on June 6, 1968

[@TheLordOfNothing]

We realize.