Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, a late-stage shakeup of the race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters.
Hours later, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, where the crowd burst into “Bobby!” cheers.
Kennedy said his internal polls had shown that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, though recent public polls don’t provide a clear indication that he is having an outsize impact on support for either major-party candidate.
Kennedy cited free speech, the war in Ukraine and “a war on our children” as among the reasons he would try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states.
“These are the principal causes that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now to throw my support to President Trump,” Kennedy said at his event in Phoenix.
However, he made clear that he wasn’t formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states where they are unlikely to sway the outcome. Kennedy took steps to withdraw his candidacy in at least two states late this week, Arizona and Pennsylvania, but election officials in the battlegrounds of Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin said it would be too late for him to take his name off the ballot even if he wants to do so.
With Kennedy standing nearby, Trump invoked his slain uncle and father, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, saying he knows “that they are looking down right now and they are very, very proud.”
He said that, if he wins this fall, he will establish a new independent presidential commission on assassination attempts that will release all remaining documents related to John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
And he repeated his pledge to establish a panel — “working with Bobby” — to investigate the increase in chronic health conditions and childhood diseases, including autoimmune disorders, autism, obesity and infertility.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
6 comments
Michael K
August 24, 2024 at 9:45 am
Losers and lunatics and worm brains unite. Soon, RFK will discover what it’s like to be thrown under the bus. The Harris campaign declined RFKs “offer” and the entire Kennedy family is behind Harris.
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Day 34
August 24, 2024 at 9:50 am
Kammy won’t talk to anyone. She is just too dumb. Now maybe if she could have had a teleprompter in front of her then maybe she would have had a meeting. He is light years ahead of her on intelligence.
TJC
August 24, 2024 at 10:31 am
Bullshit.
Andrew Finn
August 24, 2024 at 9:56 am
YeeHaw !!!!!! Maybe this will help wipe that Mister Ed smile off her face. One can only hope.
Commander Super Elvis
August 24, 2024 at 11:05 am
Yeppers its gonna be fun watching the Democrat Ship Sink to the bottom of the sea.
Kinda like back in WWII watching an Evil NAZI Ship go down to Davy Jones Locker.
Commander Super Elvis
Ocean Joe
August 24, 2024 at 11:52 am
RFK talked a lot about food safety for our children. I dont think you deregulation lovers are going to be able to swallow that. The only thing that fits with Trump is the abandonment of Ukraine for Putin.
All else was pretty liberal. Then again, there’d be nothing liberal about bringing back the polio epidemic. Too many folks were scared away from the covid vaccine by rightwing talking heads and paid with their lives. It was the best thing Trump did for America and you guys are ashamed of it.
Hope he got a good gig out of it, but we all know Trump never pays his bills and win or lose will screw him and his brain worm.