Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Monday that he is dropping his Democratic presidential bid and will run as an independent or third-party candidate
The 69-year-old known for his work trying to discredit vaccines for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19,In a recent video, Kennedy said there is corruption “in the leadership of both political parties” and wants to “rewrite the assumptions and change the habits of American politics.”
Campaign emails and videos have shown him blasting the DNC's decision not to host debates between Biden and other candidates. While Kennedy has long identified as a Democrat and frequently invokes his late father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle President John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail, he has built close relationships with far-right figures in recent years. He appeared on a channel run by the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and headlined a stop on the ReAwaken America Tour, the Christian nationalist road show put together by Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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