Republicans are turning on RFK Jr. as he announces an independent presidential bid, underscoring nervousness on both sides on how the gadfly and other potential third-party candidates might scramble the races
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes a campaign announcement at a news conference on Oct. 9 in Philadelphia. Kennedy announced he will end his Democratic primary bid and will run for president as an independent. Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The attacks came as Democrats remained largely silent on Kennedy’s shift, reflecting a relative optimism among the party’s top strategists that Kennedy poses little threat to Biden as an independent candidate. Kennedy’s polling in the Democratic nomination fight had fallen in recent months, and current national polling shows higher approval ratings for Kennedy among Republican voters than Democratic voters.
“Americans are wary and tired of the culture war, the phony slogans, the politicians who use the partisan blame game,” Kennedy said. “And people believe that the divisions are purposely orchestrated and getting us to hate each other is all part of the scam.”He argued for a politics no longer defined by the binary debates, such as the merits of gun control and the morality of. “As long as we are all feuding with each other, no one is coming over the castle walls," Kennedy said.
“Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment,” wrote Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. “Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us.
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