Democrats exploded in shock and anger after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald J. Trump and the independent candidate’s own family threw him under the bus.
The warm and fuzzy feelings from Vice President Kamala Harris’ coronation ceremony at the Democratic National Convention were swept away by Kennedy’s Friday afternoon announcement in which he eviscerated the current incarnation of the party as something his father and uncle wouldn’t recognize.
Kennedy said that the Democrats were now “the party of war, censorship, corruption, big pharma, big tech, big ag and big money,” which prompted a diaper-dumping reaction from his siblings.
I am sharing a personal statement that my family and I have made in response to my brother’s announcement. pic.twitter.com/j7vTTabNYZ
— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) August 23, 2024
“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future,” Kerry Kennedy wrote in a statement with four of RFK Jr’s other siblings. “We believe in Harris and Walz. Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.”
“It is a sad ending to a sad story,” the statement read.
If their statement shows anything, the siblings, none of whom have ever accomplished anything remotely approaching their brother, seem to only care about themselves and their party’s rackets and not America.
Social media users on X slammed Kerry Kennedy and the others for the disloyalty and shabby public treatment of their own brother.
Throwing your brother under the bus is an indictment of your own character. His courage to defy you reveals what a remarkable man he is.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 23, 2024
Betraying your own brother speaks to your character, not his.
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) August 23, 2024
What a vile statement from you and your family. On the other hand, your brother’s speech was inspirational.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 23, 2024
Nobody knows any of your names except Bobby’s because his life’s work has actually been worthwhile & beneficial to humanity. Despite snobby relatives like you trying to undercut him publicity. Just makes us like him more!
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) August 24, 2024
The fact that you’re betraying your own brother speaks volumes about your character. Your father and uncle would be rolling in their graves if they saw what you’ve become.
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) August 23, 2024
Your bother is asking what he can do for the country.
You are focused on what the country can do for you.
So yes, your dad would absolutely be proud of his son.
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) August 23, 2024
To make private personal differences this public by insulting your family member’s character because he doesn’t agree with your political candidate actually makes you a really bad person.
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) August 23, 2024
YOUR PARTY KILLS THEIR RIVALS AND, IN YOUR FATHER, AND UNCLES CASE THEIR OWN WHEN THEY DON’T GO ALONG
— Black Insurrectionist–I FOLLOW BACK TRUE PATRIOTS (@DocNetyoutube) August 23, 2024
We’ve never heard of you guys.
What have you done that’s notable, that deserves our respect & attention?
Other than inheriting a name?
— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) August 23, 2024
You know who publicly castigates family because of disagreement over politics?
The scum of the earth.
Congrats.
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) August 23, 2024
“Tonight, I am very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values we all share. For the past 16 months, Robert F. Kennedy Junior has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the United States. Had he been allowed to enter the Democrat primary, he would have beaten Joe Biden,” Trump said as he welcomed his special guest at a rally in Glendale, Arizona.
(Video: YouTube)
“His candidacy has inspired millions of Americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored, and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign grounded in the American values of his father, Robert Kennedy, and his uncle, President Kennedy. I believe they would both be very proud,” the GOP nominee added, as the raucous crowd that packed Desert Diamond Arena on Friday went wild.
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