Former president John F. Kennedy’s grandson is looking to revive the Kennedy dynasty. Jack Schlossberg the grandson of the late John F. Kennedy, has announced he will run for New York’s 12th Congressional District. The seat he is attempting to campaign for is currently held by Rep. Jerry Nadler who is not seeking re-election. WE NEED YOUR HELP !!! Please consider donating so we can go to Washington and FIX IT WE ARE A MOVEMENT powered by people who know WE DESERVE BETTER donate donate donate donate donatehttps://t.co/4hCAIBA0LR — Jack Schlossberg (@JBKSchlossberg) November 12, 2025 CNN reported more details on Schlossberg’s announcement: Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, is announcing a run for the US House from New York City, becoming JFK’s first direct descendent and latest member of his family to run for elected office. In a video announcing his campaign, Schlossberg says the “country is at a turning point.” “It’s a crisis at every level, a cost-of-living crisis sponsored by the big, beautiful bill, historic cuts to social programs working families rely on health care, education, childcare, a corruption crisis,” Schlossberg said, focusing on affordability while criticizing President Donald Trump. “He’s picking winners and losers from inside the Oval Office, it’s cronyism, not capitalism and a constitutional crisis with one dangerous man in control of all three branches of government, he’s stripping citizens of their civil rights and silencing his critics.” Schlossberg is running to replace the retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents New York’s 12th Congressional District. Without directly mentioning his famous lineage, Schlossberg describes himself as having been “born and raised” in the district, which stretches from Union Square up through Midtown and then to the Upper West and Upper East sides. “I took the bus to school every single day from one side of the district to the other,” Schlossberg said. He attended the private Collegiate School in New York. In advance his announcement, he told CNN he is a Democrat who represents “a new generation.” Schlossberg has become known for his viral videos on social media which are very freewheeling and unorthodox. He believes his understanding of how to communicate in the age of vertical video will help him connect with younger people. “In this toxic polluted media environment we are in — I breathe that air,” he told CNN. Schlossberg emerged as an outspoken voice calling for Democratic Party reforms after its losses in 2024. “Hey guys ? have formed an exploratory committee,” he wrote on social media in September, days after Nadler announced he would not seek reelection. Schlossberg, 32, the youngest child of Caroline Kennedy and her husband Edwin Schlossberg, told CNN that he would pay homage to his grandfather “organically,” noting that the 35th president “broke the mold.” Schlossberg has repeatedly mocked President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. Take a look: JFK’s grandson announces he is running for Congress. Jack Schlossberg, who recently mocked Melania Trump while wearing a blonde wig, has announced he is running as a Democratic candidate for New York’s 12th Congressional District. The district is currently represented by Rep.… pic.twitter.com/eQLxCHleys — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) November 12, 2025 The New York Post reported the White House has since responded to the news of JFK’s grandson running for office: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg for his “ridiculous comments” about the Trump administration after he launched his Manhattan congressional bid Wednesday. Schlossberg, 32, is the only grandson of President Kennedy, whose nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. serves as Trump’s secretary of health and human services. Schlossberg trashed his elder relative as a “rabid dog” and called the Trump administration “the most corrupt in American history” as he rolled out his campaign. “I don’t even think such ridiculous comments are worth responding to. Obviously, those things are not true,” Leavitt told The Post at her regular briefing. “Secretary Kennedy is doing a phenomenal job bringing transparency and the gold standard of science back to our healthcare system,” she added. Schlossberg dissed his mother, Caroline Kennedy’s first cousin, in an interview with MSNBC as he made his bid official. “[Trump] is so obsessed with the Kennedys, and the Kennedy name and the Kennedy brand, that he caged one and put it in his cabinet, a rabid dog in his cabinet,” Schlossberg said. “Put a collar on my cousin, RFK Jr., and has him there barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation.” The Kennedy scion added: ““I don’t think it takes a genius to know that the Trump administration is the most corrupt in American history. And I don’t know who’s paying [RFK Jr.], but I know that what he’s saying isn’t making anybody healthier or safer, and that the American people should know, when he barks, who’s actually talking.”