The rally started with a video that talked about healing our divided nation. A song called,“I Am A Real American,” with lyrics about fighting for the rights of every man was played to rev up the crowd.

When it ended, the crowd started chanting: “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby.”

A brief introduction was given by New York based musician Erik B (Louis Eric Barrier, half of the Hip Hop duo, Erik B & Rakim). When RFK Jr. came out, he announced that Erik B. was recently nominated to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

Eric B talked said he woke up this morning in New Jersey, and then drove across the RFK Bridge (named for RFK Jr.’s father who was assassinated while serving as  U.S. Senator in 1968) to get to JFK Airport (named for RFJ Jr.’s uncle, President John F. Kennedy, also famously assassinated in 1963), and now is in Grand Rapids with his friend, RFK Jr. The pair had a brief conversation about gratitude and how important it is to be grateful, grateful for everything.

Kennedy opened with some comments about recent polling data and said that he’s 20 points ahead in “favorability” with 70 percent of the public saying they don’t want the choice of the lesser of those two evils (referencing Biden and Trump).

“They want to vote (for) somebody that inspires them that they like, and don’t you think we should give them that chance?” Kennedy asked the crowd.

Read the full article (which includes a speech transcript) here.