The family of labor activist Cesar Chavez sent a letter to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday, warning him to stop referencing the late patriarch in election campaigns or face potential legal action.<\/p>\n
The letter, signed by Cesar Chavez\u2019s eldest son, Fernando, reiterates the family\u2019s support for President Biden, according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the granddaughter of the labor union leader, leads Biden\u2019s reelection campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe respectfully call upon you and your campaign to cease using images of our father to associate yourself with him and suggest your campaign\u2019s goals are compatible,\u201d Fernando Chavez writes.<\/p>\n
The letter comes a day before Kennedy is set to host a campaign event in Los Angeles on Cesar Chavez\u2019s birthday to launch a Latino outreach program. In promoting the event, Kennedy called Chavez a good friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoin us for a day of Mexican food, drinks, culture, voter registration assistance, and inspiring remarks from RFK, Jr. and other special guests,\u201d the campaign website advertises, featuring a photo of Kennedy\u2019s father and Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers. The activist\u2019s birthday is also observed as a California state holiday.<\/p>\n
The Kennedy campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
Kennedy\u2019s father famously supported the farmworkers\u2019 strike that Chavez led in the 1960s and was present when Chavez broke his hunger strike.<\/p>\n
In the letter, Fernando Chavez says the family remains grateful to the younger Kennedy for helping carry Chavez\u2019s casket after his death in 1993, as did other prominent figures.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo our knowledge, none of them have featured images carrying the casket in their political campaign materials and promotions,\u201d Fernando Chavez writes. \u201cWe take offense at the use of such sacred moments purely for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before joining the Biden campaign, Chavez Rodriguez worked in both the Obama and Biden White Houses. Biden also has a bust of Cesar Chavez in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The family of labor activist Cesar Chavez sent a letter to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday, warning him to stop referencing the late patriarch in election campaigns or face potential legal action. The letter, signed by Cesar Chavez\u2019s eldest son, Fernando, reiterates the family\u2019s support for President Biden, according to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}