CONWAY — It’s not often that you get to come this close to history. But that’s how it felt to this reporter when we at the Sun got to hold an editorial meeting with Democratic presidential challenger RFK Jr. on Tuesday.
As you’ll see in the video posted at conwaydailysun.com, Publisher Mark Guerringue did most of the interviewing but colleagues Daymond Steer and Lloyd Jones also asked a question or two.
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