 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Smith akaita basa rinoshingaira mumushandirapamwe waJFK wemutungamiri wenyika muna 1960, uye aishanda semutungamiri wemushandirapamwe waKennedy wekusarudzwazve muna 1964 panguva iyo Mutungamiri Kennedy akaurayiwa muDallas, Texas musi waNovember 22, 1963. Smith akashanda semutungamiri wesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika yeUnited States Robert F. Kennedy panguva yemutungamiri wenyika ye1968 panguva iyo Senator akaurayiwapaAmbassador Hotel muLos Angeles, California musi waJune 5, 1968. Mumatsutso a1979, sezvo ongororo dzakaratidza kuti Seneta Ted Kennedy aigona kukunda nyore nyore Mutungamiri Jimmy Carter musarudzo dzemaDemocratic, Kennedy akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake ndokuita Smith maneja wake wekushandira. Kennedy akarasikirwa naCarter uye akasarudza kusamhanyazve. 