Robert F Kennedy Jr. has announced his suspension from his independent run for the US presidency and will now support Donald Trump‘s campaign.
Kennedy, a Democrat for most of his life and a member of the influential Kennedy family from Massachusetts said he now wants to “throw my support to President Trump” due to his fundamental disagreements with Democratic liberal policies.
He insisted he would not drop out and keep his name on the ballot in the states where it would not affect the race.
Trump thanked Mr Kennedy, saying, “We just had a very nice endorsement from RFK Jr, and I’ll be talking about that. He’s a great guy, respected by everybody.“
Mr Kennedy said he was impressed by Trump’s insistence on quickly ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. That “alone would justify my support for his campaign,” he said.
“There are still many issues and approaches on which we continue to have very serious differences. But we are aligned on other key issues.”
Mr. Kennedy’s decision follows closely on the heels of Vice President Kamala Harris’s well-received DNC speech, which had bolstered her popularity. It remains to be seen how this announcement will impact the momentum within the Democratic camp.
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With this decision, a campaign fueled by Mr. Kennedy’s anti-vax beliefs and tainted by tales of brain worms and dead bears is over. His polling has declined from double digits. Funding and national attention have dried up also.
According to a Kennedy family member opposed to Trump’s campaign, Robert Kennedy Jnr’s choice to support Trump is a “betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.“
Mr Kennedy said he had launched his campaign “as a Democrat, the party of my father, my uncle… the champions of the Constitution” but added he left in October to run as an independent because “it had become the party of war, censorship, corruption, big pharma, big tech, big money“.
He blamed the media and his former party for his decision to suspend his campaign, adding: “In my heart I no longer believe I have a realistic path to victory in the face of systematic censorship“.
In polling before President Joe Biden stepped aside from the race, Mr Kennedy hovered around 14% – 16%. After Kamala Harris became the nominee, his polling average slipped into the single digits.
Before working to elect Trump, Mr Kennedy said he asked to have similar conversations with Ms Harris, offering to work with her campaign.
Democrats shrugged off his announcement. “Donald Trump isn’t earning an endorsement that’s going to help build support, he’s inheriting the baggage of a failed fringe candidate. Good riddance,” Democratic National Committee senior adviser Mary Beth Cahill said in a statement.
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