The pious opening signals how carefully Kennedy has navigated his journey to the national stage. Because its not the name recognition, or his reputation as an avenging environmental lawyer that puts him in the game. Its not that he helped found the Waterkeeper Alliance (a global network that lobbies to protect water sources) or built a solid record in defending Indigenous peoples from industrial land-grabs and pollution. Its not his muscular Catholicism.

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