RFK Jr., independent candidate and scion of one of the nation’s most prominent Democrat political families, announced Friday that he is throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump in the November 2024 election based on the causes of “free speech, the war on Ukraine and the war on our children.” He accused the Democrat Party of trying to “dismantle” Democracy by “rigging” its primary and attempting to throw Trump in jail.
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The Democrat Party has “become the Party of war, censorship, corruption, big pharma, big tech, big ag and big money,” said Kennedy, in a speech that absolutely shredded the party of his forebears.
“Three great causes drove me to enter this race in the first place, primarily, and 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,” he said, announcing that he is suspending his campaign.
Kennedy emphasized that his desire to help fix the country’s childhood disease epidemic drove him to endorse Trump, who he said has embraced the issue. He reeled off a series of alarming statistics on the staggering increase in childhood obesity, neurological disorders, diabetes and more, attributing it, in part, to contaminants in the food supply and processed food. He desires to break Big Pharma’s grip on government and also emphasized protecting free speech and getting and keeping the nation out of “forever wars.” He said the war in Ukraine could have been prevented.
“I am not terminating my campaign I am simply suspending it and not ending it. My name will remain on the ballot in most states,” he said. However, Kennedy said that he is seeking to remove his name from all battleground states. He is encouraging people who aren’t in battleground states to still vote for him.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Address to the Nation https://t.co/Wf4xt12GSX
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 23, 2024
Trump thanked RFK Jr, saying, “I want to thank Bobby, that was very nice. He’s a great guy, respected by everybody.” For his part, Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Arizona later in the day with a “surprise guest.”
Kennedy revealed that Trump wants to enlist him in his administration, saying, “In those meetings, he suggested that we join forces as a unity party. We talked about Abraham Lincoln’s team of rivals, that arrangement would allow us to disagree publicly and privately and furiously, if need be, on issues over which we differ, while working together on the existential issues upon which we are in concordance.”
Kennedy slammed the Democrat Party, saying that the Democrat National Committee had “rigged” its primary to avoid fair competition against its unpopular president, then staged a “palace coup” against President Joe Biden, followed by an engineered “surge of popularity” for a Vice President, Kamala Harris, who is refusing interviews or to clearly articulate policies.
“Instead of showing us her substance and character, the DNC and its media organs engineered a surge of popularity for VP Harris based upon nothing. No policies, no interviews, no debates. Only smoke and mirrors and balloons,” Kennedy said.
🚨RFK JR. JUST ENDORSED TRUMP & WILL BE REMOVING HIS NAME FROM BATTLEGROUND STATE BALLOTS!
RFK Jr. slammed the Democrats as "the party of war, censorship, corruption, big Pharma, big tech, & big money."
Kamala definitely isn't happy about this!
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— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) August 23, 2024
Kennedy said the same shadowy DNC operatives appointed Biden’s successor, “without an election.” He called what happened to Biden a “palace coup.”
Kennedy’s speech was so stunning that CNN cut away from it, and MSNBC spoke over it.
🚨CNN cut away from RFK Jr's speech as he was explaining how the DNC rigged the primary, replaced their candidate with one who didn't receive a single vote, and how the media covered up for it and censored him. pic.twitter.com/sQfGcmWKWT
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 23, 2024
Kennedy said that while “Democracy may still be alive at the grassroots, it has become little more than a slogan for our political institutions, our media, and our government.” In the name of saving Democracy, the Democrat Party has set out to “dismantle it.” RFK Jr. said the DNC waged “continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself,” dragging them into court in “state after state,” trying to throw candidates off the ballot and “to throw President Trump in jail.”
He said the sham primary was “rigged” to prevent a fair primary against Biden.
RFK JR. Explains The Un-Democratic Attacks Against His Campaign By The DNC pic.twitter.com/gxyZpM8C15
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 23, 2024
“They installed a candidate who was so unpopular with voters that she dropped out in 2022 without winning a single delegate,” said Kennedy. “My uncle and my father both relished debate,” added Kennedy.
He is the son of Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of Democratic President John F. Kennedy, who were both assassinated.
“They would be astonished to learn of a Democratic Party presidential nominee who, like Vice President Harris, has not appeared in a single interview or an unscripted encounter with voters for 35 days,” said Kennedy of his dad and uncle.
This speech from RFK Jr. will go down in the history books:
“The DNC and its media organs engineered a surge of popularity for VP Harris based upon nothing. No policies, no interviews, no debates. Only smoke and mirrors.” pic.twitter.com/B0ilERBIEF
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) August 23, 2024
In Chicago, a string of Democratic speakers mentioned Donald Trump 147 times just on the first day, Kennedy said. “Who needs a policy when you have Trump to hate?” In contrast, at the Republican National Convention, Biden was mentioned only twice in four days, said RFK Jr.
RFK JR. JUST TORE DOWN THE MODERN DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!
"It became the party of war, censorship, corruption, big Pharma, big tech, and big money."
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) August 23, 2024
“Sixteen months ago in April of 2023. I launched my campaign for president of the United States. I began this journey as a Democrat, the party of my father, my uncle, the party I pledged my own allegiance long before before I was able to vote,” said RFK Jr.
Kennedy said he attended “my first Democratic convention at the age of 6 in 1960.”
“Back then Democrats were the champions of the constitution, of civil rights. The Democrats stood against authoritarianism, against censorship, against colonialism, imperialism, and unjust wars. We were the party of labor of the working class. The Democrats were the party of government, transparency, and the champion of the environment. Our party was the bulwark against big money interests and Corporate power.”
Not anymore, said RFK Jr.
“As you know I left that party in October because it had parted so dramatically from the core values that I grew up with,” he said.
MSNBC isn't even carrying audio of RFK Jr. dropping out of the race and blasting Democrats
They're talking over the entire thing
Just pure propaganda pic.twitter.com/bjrDuU8XtT
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) August 23, 2024
He also critiqued Biden.
“In April 2022, President Biden sent Boris Johnson to Ukraine to FORCE President Zelensky to TEAR UP a peace deal that he and the Russians had ALREADY signed. That peace agreement would’ve brought peace to the region,” Kennedy said.
WOW! RFK Jr. exposes Joe Biden and Boris Johnson:
“In April 2022, President Biden sent Boris Johnson to Ukraine to FORCE President Zelensky to TEAR UP a peace deal that he and the Russians had ALREADY signed.
That peace agreement would’ve brought peace to the region.”
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/wvcXp8DC0l
— Cillian (@CilComLFC) August 23, 2024
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