Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suspending his presidential candidacy, he introduced throughout a Friday, August 23, speech. Whereas talking to a crowd in Arizona, the impartial candidate blasted the Democratic Celebration and the mainstream media whereas additionally expressing his assist for Republican Celebration candidate Donald Trump.
Throughout his deal with, Kennedy, 70, identified that he found that he and Trump, 78, are “aligned with one another” on a number of opinions, akin to “securing the border, defending freedom of speech” and stopping Democrats from allegedly interfering with campaigns.
Elsewhere in his speech, RFK claimed that the Democratic Celebration “had change into the a part of warfare, censorship, corruption, huge Pharma, huge tech” amongst different accusations. Moreover, he slammed the media and accused retailers of “censorship” in America.
The previous Democrat left the occasion in 2023 and launched into his presidential marketing campaign as an impartial.
“We impressed an enormous impartial political motion,” Kennedy mentioned about his presidential marketing campaign, including, “Greater than 100,000 volunteers sprang into motion. I hope they will reverse our nation’s decline.”
The politician went on to say that the Democratic Celebration “set itself to dismantling [democracy],” and accused Democrats of breaking voting guidelines and alleging they’ve perpetuated “censorship” within the U.S. Moreover, Kennedy accused President Joe Biden of “mocking” Russian president Vladimir Putin, whom he says he doesn’t excuse from the invasion on Ukraine, and claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris refused to satisfy with him.
“In my coronary heart, I not consider that I’ve a practical path to electoral victory,” Kennedy defined. “I can not in good conscience ask my workers and volunteers to maintain working their lengthy hours or ask my donors to maintain giving once I can not actually inform them that I’ve an actual path to the White Home.”
Nonetheless, Kennedy clarified that he was not “terminating” his marketing campaign, however quite suspending it, noting that he’s “going to take away [his] identify” in “about 10 battleground states.” He added that he has “already began the method” of doing so and that voters in these states might vote for him “with out harming or serving to President Trump or Vice President Harris.”
