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Politics and Tactics: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Join us for a special edition of the Politics and Tactics podcast as hosts Frank Ricci and P.J. Norwood speak to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a presidential candidate who has been vocal on the issue of PFAS, about issues that impact firefighters across the country.

In addition to figures like President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, RFK Jr. is vying in this year’s presidential election, and has staked out vociferous stances on forever chemicals in firefighting gear, dignitary protection for presidential candidates, and mandates, which has affected emergency personnel from New York to Seattle.

PFAS lives in our homes, firehouses, and firefighter PPE.  In this discussion, your hosts and RFK Jr. touch on the cancer rates of firefighters and his fight to provide a safer, healthier working environment for firefighters.

They also discuss how the pandemic affected the careers of many firefighter who, despite the mandates being lifted, have yet to be brought back to work.

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