Jack Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg and brother of the late Tatiana Schlossberg, joined the hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday to stress the importance of the forthcoming midterm elections, warning, “This is our last chance to stop Trump.”
Schlossberg is running in the Democratic primary this year to replace retiring incumbent Congressman Jerrold Nadler and represent New York’s 12th Congressional district. With that in mind, “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough asked Schlossberg what his priorities are for the voters in his district. “A lot of people are struggling in New York 12 to see if they can afford to live here,” Schlossberg responded.
“People are also sick and tired of being sick and tired of this president,” he added. “They want to send a new generation to Congress that knows how to fight and also how to win, because we need to deliver. This is our last chance to stop Trump. If we don’t win this election and Democrats don’t take back the House, we will not get another chance to stop Trump, and we don’t know what comes with the other side of that.”
“Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist chimed in to ask Schlossberg what compelled him to enter politics at this stage of his life. “America is turning 250 years old this year, and I’m a spiritual person. I think it’s coming at this moment for a reason,” Schlossberg explained. “We’re at a crossroads, and I ask myself, as I consider where we are today in light of where we came from, ‘What happened?’”
You can watch the “Morning Joe” segment yourself below.
“In the past, people believed in the federal government,” Schlossberg continued. “People believed the federal government was competent. That’s how we sent a man to the moon. That’s how the Greatest Generation defeated fascism all over the world and strengthened civil rights here at home.” The Congressional hopeful turned his eye back toward the Trump administration.
“The president and the Republican Party today, they win when nobody believes in anything,” Schlossberg said. “I’m running right now because I still believe in politics. I still believe politics is a noble profession, and I still believe in a future that looks way better than the present moment we’re living through.” The “Morning Joe” hosts subsequently asked Schlossberg to offer his opinion of his cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“He’s a dangerous person who’s in charge of life and death decisions,” Schlossberg replied, echoing his late sister’s sentiments. “I want Democrats to win back the House so that we have control over the Judiciary Committee because of one word: subpoena. I want to know who is paying for the words that are coming out of his mouth because they’re not backed by science.”
