JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg launches US House campaign in New York

John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg announced Tuesday that he is launching a campaign for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to replace longtime New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, who is set to retire.

Schlossberg, 32, a Democrat, told supporters in an email that he would officially launch his campaign on Wednesday, although he made his case to his voters in a campaign video he posted to social media Tuesday evening.

“This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity and energy and dynamism of this district and translate that into political power in Washington,” Schlossberg said in the video.

Schlossberg lambasted President Donald Trump in the campaign video, accusing him of corruption and creating what he called a “constitutional crisis.”

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Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2024. (Reuters)

“It’s a corruption crisis,” he said. “The president made almost a billion dollars this year. He picks winners and losers in the Oval Office. That’s cronyism, not capitalism.”

“This is a constitutional crisis with a dangerous man controlling all three branches of government,” he continued. “He deprives citizens of their civil rights and silences his critics.”

Jack Schlossberg reacts while presenting the 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, “for putting his life and career on the line to secure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021,” at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, May 4, 2025. (Reuters/Faith Ninivaggi)

Schlossberg is no stranger to criticism of the Trump administration, having attracted a large following on social media with frequent posts on domestic issues, including taking aim at his cousin, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Last month, he posted an image on Instagram of a Halloween costume for “MAHA Man,” in reference to Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again message, and described it as including things such as measles.

Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2024. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

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Nadler, who currently represents New York’s 12th District, is serving his 17th term in Congress. He announced in September that he would not run for re-election next year, suggesting to the New York Times that a young Democratic lawmaker in his seat “maybe can do better, can maybe help us more.”

The neighborhood includes the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and Midtown of Manhattan.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.