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Things couldn’t have started worse. A stunning summer storm hits New York just as Jack Schlossberg is about to start his big campaign event. There are a lot of excited young people, but it is impossible to hide that they have not filled Terminal 5, a nighttime classic in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. On stage, volunteers warm up the atmosphere. Between somewhat routine speeches, an 80-year-old woman manages to strike a chord. “I’m here because John Fitzgerald Kennedy changed my life. And today Jack does for young people what his grandfather did for me.” Applause and some tears. Between this and the charm of showman David Letterman, an old friend of the Kennedy-Schlossberg family, the public is already completely devoted. Once on stage, the young candidate attacks the power of money in the campaign and criticizes the current leaders of the Democratic Party. “Don’t pay attention to the polls. When I am elected congressman, I will be able to change many things,” he says to those already convinced.Continue reading
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Source: This article was originally published by Internacional en EL PAÍS and adapted for our international English-speaking audience.
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