Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed on Friday, August 23, 2024, at a public event that he is suspending his campaign for the White House and offered his support to Republican candidate Donald Trump.
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This was announced by the 70-year-old politician, son of Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, both assassinated in the 1960s, who, according to polls, had less than 5% of the electorate’s support.
“I am not ending my campaign, I am simply suspending it and not ending it. My name will remain on the ballot in most states.“although not in the key ones that could define who will win the elections on November 5, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, he explained.
In a speech that lasted almost an hour, Kennedy said that it was extremely difficult for him to make this decision, which is causing “difficulties” for his wife, his children and his friends, but that he made it because the Republican had promised him that if he becomes President he would let him fight for his leitmotif: ending chronic diseases such as diabetes.
“If President Trump is elected and honors his word, the enormous burden of chronic diseases that now demoralize and bankrupt the country will disappear.“he said, implying that the Republican has promised him some position related to public health, if he comes to power.
“If you give me the chance to solve the chronic disease crisis and reform our food production, I promise that within two years, we will see the burden of chronic disease dramatically reduced. We will make Americans healthy again,” he said.
Donald Trump thanks support from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A few minutes after the announcement of the so-far independent candidate, Trump thanked him for his support: “I want to thank Bobby. It’s a very nice thing he did and it’s really important. He’s a great guy, respected by everyone.“he said at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kennedy made his announcement in Phoenix, Arizona, the state where Trump was holding a campaign rally on Friday afternoon, which he also attended.
In his speech, Kennedy fiercely criticized the Democratic Party in which his father and uncle served, mentioning them on numerous occasions.
“I left that party in October because it has moved so dramatically away from the core values I grew up with. “and has become the party of war, censorship, corruption, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Agriculture and fortunes. They abandoned democracy by cancelling the primaries to hide the cognitive decline of the sitting president,” he said.
Her presidential campaign did not begin in the Republican Party, but in the Democratic Party. In April of last year, she presented herself as an alternative to President Joe Biden and announced her aspirations to be the Democratic candidate, a decision that did not sit well with members of her own family, who harshly criticized her.
In October, however, he announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party to run for the White House as an independent, as an alternative for those who were not happy with traditional politicians.
All of this until the independent began flirting with the Republican following the assassination attempt on Trump (2017-2021) in July.
During the Republican National Convention that month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a recording of a phone call between the two was leaked, in which Trump requested Kennedy’s support and discussed the possibility of Kennedy joining a future administration.
Although a priori the ideas of Kennedy, a lawyer and environmentalist who has stood out for the defense of ecological and indigenous causes, could be totally opposed to those of Trump, They are united by thoughts such as their vision of the pandemic, conspiracy theories and vaccine denial..
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Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/robert-f-kennedy-jr-suspende-su-campana-a-presidencia-de-ee-uu-y-respalda-a-trump-cb20
