A.G. Gancarski
A newly self-styled independent presidential candidate is headed to the Sunshine State for three stops this week.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will bring his iconoclastic message to media markets throughout the state Thursday and Friday, all of which will see his “Declare Your Independence Celebration” program.
At noon Thursday, Kennedy will be at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. That event is slated to last 90 minutes.
Kennedy heads from there to an Orlando Doubletree by Hilton. At 7 p.m., he will speak at 5555 Hazeltine National Drive, in an event scheduled to last two hours.
Friday finds Kennedy in Jacksonville for another noon stop. He will appear at the Marriott on Salisbury Road on the Southside. That event is also expected to last two hours.
Kennedy, the namesake son of former Attorney General and 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Sr., was frustrated by an inability to engage President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee into allowing debates, leading him to announce his independent bid.
“I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate for president of the United States,” Kennedy said in Philadelphia, as reported by POLITICO. “We declare independence from the cynical elites who betray our hope and who amplify our divisions. And finally, we declare independence from the two political parties.”
Interestingly, Republicans seemed to warm to Kennedy as a Democratic insurgent candidate. Gov. Ron DeSantis teased involving him in a “task force” within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding COVID-19 mitigation. DeSantis also said there was “chatter” from some supporters about picking Kennedy as a running mate.
Ironically, however, people betting money on the 2024 race rate Kennedy as being more likely to be elected President than the Florida Governor. The Election Betting Odds site says Kennedy has a 4% chance of winning, while DeSantis is at 3.2%.
16 comments
Silly Wabbit
October 11, 2023 at 2:33 pm
He kwazy.
Michael K
October 11, 2023 at 4:46 pm
Stop referring to RFK Jr as a Democrat. He is not. He is using his family name and has been denounced by many in his immediate family. Let the anti-vaxers, anti-science wingnuts, and conspiracy theorists vote for him, but he is no Democrat. He’s a disgrace to his father’s legacy.
Lydia Doyle - Crisafi
October 11, 2023 at 8:20 pm
He mot using his name it is his name and he is am independent officially piss off
Rick Whitaker
October 12, 2023 at 8:52 am
WTF
Silly Wabbit
October 12, 2023 at 10:48 am
(She kwazy.)
Gregory Sexton
October 12, 2023 at 4:08 pm
You should work for the mainstream media , perhaps you do and are certainly earning your flunky left -left wing kudos.
Gregory Sexton
October 11, 2023 at 5:36 pm
Your baseless concerns (“Let the anti-vaxers, anti-science wingnuts, and conspiracy theorists vote for him, but he is no Democrat. He’s a disgrace to his father’s legacy”) should find you a cozy seat at MSNBC or CNN…
Regarding your “disgrace to his fathers legacy” comment, the DNC of Sen. Robert Kennedy is dead…it has been nothing more than a dried up Arizona lizard for several decades.
Rick Whitaker
October 11, 2023 at 6:28 pm
kennedy is a nut and the dems being critical thinkers know him for what he is, a nut. kennedy being a nut is attractive to the maga cult. after all the leaders of the maga party are all nuts so they see him as reasonable. trump is more than just a nut. he’s a criminal nut. kennedy’s comment calling dems ” cynical elites ” is strange. he was born an elite and obviously cynical. anti vaxxers and conspiracy theorists are more than welcome in the maga cult.
Silly Wabbit
October 12, 2023 at 10:54 am
Wick good.
Gregory Sexton
October 12, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Democrats….”critical thinking”????? You can’t possibly be serious?!?!
Silly Wabbit
October 12, 2023 at 10:49 am
You baseless.
MH/Duuuval
October 11, 2023 at 5:54 pm
Can’t wait to see who the Duval apologists and connivers are that support this sad, demented man.
Silly Wabbit
October 12, 2023 at 10:55 am
They kwazy.
M.Mouse
October 12, 2023 at 10:53 am
R.K. Junior is coming to town? Good to know! I’ll pass out the aluminum foil hats!
Squeak!
TJC
October 12, 2023 at 11:01 am
‘Gov. Ron DeSantis teased involving him in a “task force” within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…’
As if Ron DeSantis hasn’t already proven his cynical, self-serving disregard for medical science by making Joseph Ladapo the Florida Surgeon General.
What a dangerous little man Ron is, with is grand ambitions and twisted little heart.
My Take
October 12, 2023 at 3:47 pm
Laquacko almost reminds one of infamous Lysenko, except that Laquacko is in-fact educated.
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