Can RFK Jr. Heal the Divide? (Strange Bedfellows, Ep. 23. Guest: Karen Lorre)

Three years ago today, a riot broke out at the U.S. Capitol when supporters of President #Trump stormed the building, angered over an election they believed was stolen.

While it was hardly an "#insurrection," what happened on #January6 had a lasting impact on our country. It changed our relationship with our government, our media, and each other. It made us question the fairness of our justice system, and the fairness of our elections.

At the start of 2024 we find ourselves headed into another election year when our country isn't just divided in half, as it was four years ago between #Republicans and #Democrats. America is now divided into thirds, between left, right, and center, with 41% of voters identifying as Independents, a first in our entire history.

Recent polls show #RFKJr leading both #Biden and #Trump with Independent voters, and beating all competition with younger voters under age 45. He's holding steady at around 22-24%, making this officially a three-way race for the White House.

Obviously, #Kennedy's message of bipartisanship is resonating with voters. But can he manage to heal the deep divide in a country that's so polarized? Or are Americans unwilling to set their differences aside? With two wars raging abroad, we also find ourselves on the brink of civil war at home. Is Kennedy the Remedy?

Tonight's guest says yes -- and she speaks from experience. Karen Lorre has known Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for 33 years.

She says he's uniquely qualified to lead a divided nation at this critical moment in our history. From her own personal knowledge of the candidate, she says Bobby is a healer. It's always been a part of his nature -- and not just in his work as an environmentalist, healing our polluted landscapes and waterways, but in his relationships with humans, animals, and all living things.

Karen is a volunteer on the #Kennedy24 campaign, even though by her own admission she's never been political or worked in politics before -- because she truly believes he's our nation's last best hope, and that #RFK is the leader America needs. Tonight, she will tell us why.

Karen Lorre in the 90s with RFK Jr.'s cousin, actor Christopher Lawford. (Chris died in 2018.)

Karen Lorre & RFK Jr. on the campaign trail in 2023.

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Born Karen Witter in Long Beach, California, she attended the University of California at Irvine, studying the biochemical origins of mental illness. To pay her way through school she worked as a model and appeared in commercials before getting her big break in #Hollywood.

During the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s Karen appeared on popular television shows like Cheers, The X-Files, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, NYPD Blue, Dharma & Greg, and Malcolm in the Middle.

If you're a fan of the soaps, you might remember she played the role of Tina Lord on ABC's One Life to Live in the 1990s. She was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer in Daytime.

Karen later retired from acting, and became a life coach and spiritual healer. She has written three books: Chronic Pleasure, Use The Law of Attraction to Transmute Fatigue and Pain into Vibrant Energy; Effortless Enchantment, A Memoir of Magic, Magnetism and Miracles, and Chronic Pleasure in Relationships.

Her work has been endorsed by Dr. Bruce Lipton and Deepak Chopra, who said “Karen Lorre’s love radiates to you… You can trust that Karen is the real deal —she embodies Chronic Pleasure and teaches you to do the same.”

Karen Lorre with former President Barack Obama.

When it comes to healing, Karen Lorre knows a lot -- and can teach us a lot about how to have better relationships, more fulfilling lives lived with purpose, and in turn, how we can heal the American divide with RFK Jr. It's our pleasure to welcome Karen to the show tonight.

Join us LIVE January 6th from 9-11 P.M. Eastern for Episode 23 of "Strange Bedfellows." Our first show of the New Year will bring some healing to a world that needs it.

Visit Karen's website at http://KarenLorre.com

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