{"id":15345,"date":"2018-05-10T09:12:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T13:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=15345"},"modified":"2018-05-10T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T13:12:12","slug":"joseph-kennedy-iii-to-speak-in-west-chester-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=15345","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Kennedy III to speak in West Chester, May 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7182\" style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7182\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7182\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5500-303x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) will visit\u00a0Chester County on Wednesday, May 30\u00a0to present keynote remarks at \u201cVision of the Future\u201d, being held at West Chester University at 5:00pm. He is\u00a0the first premier guest the Chester County Young Democrats welcome to encourage political awareness and involvement ahead of the 2018 midterms.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have such a young, engaging Congressman come to West Chester will certainly energize younger voters in Chester County while reminding senior Americans of a more civilized political discourse during the Kennedy era\u201d said county Democratic Chairman Brian J. McGinnis. \u201cI\u2019m honored to help the county Young Democrats establish themselves as a potent engine for younger progressives to feel welcome and engaged within our party\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVision of the Future\u201d\u00a0will also mark the unofficial kickoff to the 2018 general election period, following the Pennsylvania\u00a0primaries on Tuesday, May 15. Tickets are on sale now at <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/chescoyoungdems\">facebook.com\/chescoyoungdems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Young Democrats President Hans van Mol stresses \u201cthis event is a chance for progressives both young and \u2018young-at-heart\u2019 to focus on a future that benefits all Americans, not just the select few. With basic American values under attack by the Republicans\u2019 extreme agenda, neighbors are asking what Democrats can do for their country. Attending this event is a good step\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Kennedy III, 37, leads a new chapter of the Kennedy family legacy following his election to represent Massachusetts\u2019 4th congressional district in 2012. His grandfather was Attorney General Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Kennedy, and his grand-uncles include former President John F. Kennedy and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Kennedy III is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is considered a \u201crising star\u201d after delivering the Democratic Response to the State of the Union Address in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Chester County Young Democrats is the official youth wing of the Chester County Democratic Committee and is committed to the engagement and political development of young adults in the county. Membership is open to registered Democrats ages 40 and under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) will visit\u00a0Chester County on Wednesday, May 30\u00a0to present keynote remarks at \u201cVision of the Future\u201d, being held at West Chester University at 5:00pm. He is\u00a0the first premier guest the Chester County Young Democrats welcome to encourage political awareness and involvement ahead of the 2018 midterms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[110,5632,6991],"class_list":["post-15345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chester-county","tag-election-2018","tag-joseph-p-kennedy-iii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15346,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15345\/revisions\/15346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}