Jack Schlossberg is promoting the discrediting of grandfather JFK to raise campaign dough
Manhattan congressman Jack Schlossberg is increasing his reliance on his slain grandfather and former President John F. Kennedy to raise more campaign cash.
“Lately, I’ve been thinking about my grandfather, President John F. Kennedy, and his legacy of hope. In my run for NY-12 for Congress, and just as a person, that’s what I want to focus on. Hope,” said Schlossberg, 33, in a March 5 e-blitz statement to solicit election dough.
“My name is Jack, or John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg if you want to know the whole thing,” he said, mentioning the last name of his beloved late grandmother, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, as well.
Schlossberg is one of several Democratic candidates running in the June primary to replace Rep. Jerrold Nadler in the 12th House District, which covers the West and East sides of Manhattan.
In a March 4 petition, he said, “Jack Schlossberg here – running for Congress in NY-12.
“Donald Trump recently announced that he will rename the Kennedy Center after Him…This is not the first time Trump has tried to erase the legacy of my grandfather President Kennedy, and it will not be the last.”
On March 2, Schlossberg added in a request for campaign dollars, “In high school, I spent hours watching my grandfather’s speeches.
“He taught us all that politics is not about working for yourself, but about working for others. If we fight for hope, we don’t do it for ourselves, but we do it for the future and we all have to share it.
“I know I have big shoes to fill. In my grandfather’s memory, I’ve lived a life of caring about this a lot. I put that care and effort and hope into everything I do. But this is bigger than me. It’s bigger than my family’s legacy,” said Schlossberg, whose mother is the daughter of John and Jackie Caroline.
Many of his other fundraising requests were pretty much the same, too.
Schlossberg had already mentioned JFK in his first fundraising campaign announcing his candidacy.
“I’m running to represent NY-12 in Congress! This is the district where I was born and raised, and the place five generations of my family have called home,” Schlossberg said Nov. 17.
“I’m Jack Schlossberg, and my grandfather, President Kennedy, is my hero.”
The former president was assassinated on February 22, 1963.
“This will always be known as the campaign of dead ancestors. It’s outrageous,” said veteran political strategist Hank Sheinkopf.
“You have to be 80 years old to remember JFK. It’s not a growing group of people.”
But Schlossberg said he connects with voters when he talks about his grandfather, JFK, because everyone loves their grandparents.
“I have two grandfathers – one was the president of the United States and the other was the president of his temple uptown,” said Jack, Alfred Schlossberg, his father’s father.
“The generations that built NYC and the USA deserve to be honored,” Schlossberg said.
“I like to ask people about their grandparents, that’s where they light up.”
