RFK Jr met Republican diplomat days before controversial 2019 trip to Samoa, emails show
Records shed light on how Scott Brown – then Trump’s New Zealand ambassador, now running for Senate – responded to Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreakWhen Robert F Kennedy Jr ran for president as a Democrat in 2023, he found an unexpected ally in Scott Brown. A former...
<p>Records shed light on how Scott Brown – then Trump’s New Zealand ambassador, now running for Senate – responded to Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak</p><p>When Robert F Kennedy Jr ran for president as a Democrat in 2023, he found an unexpected ally in Scott Brown. A former Republican senator, Brown had begun a tradition of hosting Republican presidential candidates for barbecues in his New Hampshire back yard, where they could stump for votes and get attention ahead of the state’s crucial primary.</p><p>Kennedy became Brown’s first Democratic invitee. His appearance in September 2023 drew hundreds of people, <a href="https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2023/09/14/scott-browns-bbq-series-had-never-had-a-crowd-like-this-until-rfk-jr/">Brown’s biggest crowd ever</a>. Kennedy held Brown in such high regard that after he decided to run instead as an independent, he <a href="https://nhjournal.com/vice-president-scott-brown-sounded-good-to-rfk-jr/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%E2%80%99s%20true%2C%E2%80%9D%20Brown%20told%20NHJournal.%20%E2%80%9CI%20respectfully%20declined%20and%20wished%20him%20well.%E2%80%9D">reportedly reached out to Brown as a possible vice-presidential running mate</a>, though Brown declined.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/rfk-jr-samoa-trip-scott-brown">Continue reading...</a>
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