--- title: TIME Reports: Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr. description: TIME Senior Correspondents Vera Bergengruen and Molly Ball discuss the controversial 2024 presidential candidate RFK Jr. canonical: https://time.com/6288485/time-reports-inside-the-very-online-campaign-of-rfk-jr/ author: Vera Bergengruen article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-06-20T16:14:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T13:16:08.597Z article:section: Politics og:title: TIME Reports: Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr. og:description: TIME Senior Correspondents Vera Bergengruen and Molly Ball discuss the controversial 2024 presidential candidate RFK Jr. og:url: https://time.com/6288485/time-reports-inside-the-very-online-campaign-of-rfk-jr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf731501ef9e9ad0/698a3e01b21a9c1c675075a3/GettyImages-1490790117.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3936 og:image:height: 2214 og:image:alt: Robert F Kennedy Jr Visits "Special Report With Bret Baier" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME Reports: Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr. twitter:description: TIME Senior Correspondents Vera Bergengruen and Molly Ball discuss the controversial 2024 presidential candidate RFK Jr. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf731501ef9e9ad0/698a3e01b21a9c1c675075a3/GettyImages-1490790117.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # TIME DC Report: Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr. > Sponsored content. 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Bureau on May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits "Special Report with Bret Baier" at FOX News D.C. Bureau on May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. 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