Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was stabbed in the back by his own siblings as he made it official that he would run for the presidency as an independent, bolting the Democratic party which refused to give him a fair shot in the primaries.
On Monday, Kennedy ended the suspense on whether he would react to the DNC’s “rigging” of the process to prevent any challenges to deeply unpopular Joe Biden, traveling to “the cradle of liberty” in Philadelphia, PA where he delivered a speech to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters
“We declare independence from the two political parties and the corrupt interests that dominate them and the entire rigged system,” he told the audience during a 45-minute speech at the National Constitution Center in a major blow to the thoroughly corrupt Democratic party’s hopes at retaining the White House behind the mentally misfiring octogenarian career politician.
Kennedy said that cutting himself free from the Democrats was painful but that he was now “free of partisan allegiance.”
Join Me For A Historic Announcement https://t.co/O8a3TDaPus
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) October 9, 2023
By challenging Biden from the left, RFK Jr. infuriated members of his family who are in complete lockstep with an authoritarian political entity that no longer bears even a passing resemblance to the one that their assassinated father Bobby Kennedy and uncle, President John F. Kennedy once represented.
Party loyalists Kerry Kennedy, Rory Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend issued a statement in which they all but disowned the candidate, showing that the once-golden Kennedy brand isn’t what it used to be, at least to those who don’t share his political aspirations.
“The decision of our brother Bobby to run as a third-party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country,” they said in their statement.
Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country. @roryekennedy @joekennedy @KKT_Kennedy pic.twitter.com/WJfGwSxN1z
— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) October 9, 2023
“Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision, or judgment. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country, the statement read.
“The Democrats are frightened that I’m going to spoil the election for President Biden, and the Republicans are frightened that I’m going to spoil it for Trump,” Kennedy said. “The truth is, they’re both right. My intention is to spoil it for both of them.”
“Voters should not be deceived by anyone who pretends to have conservative values,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. He labeled Kennedy’s campaign “nothing more than a vanity project for a liberal Kennedy looking to cash in on his family’s name.”
The White House had no comment, Biden called a lid and went into hiding after the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack on Israel in which at least nine Americans were killed and an untold number of others were reportedly taken hostage, making RFK Jr.’s point for him that it’s time for a change.
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