Robert Kraft's son launches campaign for Boston mayor

The son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Josh Kraft, has launched a campaign to be Boston’s mayor.

“I love with this city with its many unique neighborhoods, and its people. The people of Boston are hard working, humble, and above all, proud of this city, no matter which neighborhood they come from,” the younger Kraft said Tuesday in a post on Facebook.

“Serving Boston has been my passion and a great source of joy and purpose in my life, which is why I am running for Mayor,” he added. “I hope you will join my campaign to bring more housing and more opportunity to Boston.”

Josh Kraft, who is running as a Democrat, according to his campaign website, has a father with historically close ties to President Trump. According to his Facebook page, the younger Kraft is the New England Patriots Foundation president. 

“I’ve spent my entire career working in and around the neighborhoods of Boston — from Roslindale to East Boston, from Mattapan to Charlestown, from South Boston to Roxbury, first as employee and then as CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston,” Josh Kraft’s Facebook post reads.

Robert Kraft, in October, equated President Trump to a “drunk fraternity brother” during his first time in the White House, noting their previous longtime friendship.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Robert Kraft told Charlamagne tha God on “The Breakfast Club” radio program. “It was like having someone who’s a drunk fraternity brother become [president of the United States].”

Earlier in the interview, Kraft said he’s a Democrat but that Trump “became a social friend in the early ’90s” when he was going down to Florida.

“And then when my wife of blessed memory died 13 years ago, he was one of four or five people who reached out to me and was really, really nice,” Kraft continued. “The only donation I ever gave to him was he called me when he got elected. And I made a strong donation to his inauguration.”