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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Principles & Values
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Endorses Trump, to form a "unity government"
Q: You and President Trump--not always fans of each other. He posted on social media: "He's one of the most liberal lunatics ever to run for office." "The New Yorker" said, "Kennedy told one person that Trump was a terrible human being, the worst
president ever. He is probably a sociopath." How did you get from that position to [endorsing Trump]?KENNEDY: It became clear to me that I did not have a path to victory. President Trump had been reaching out to me and the broad issues that were most
important to me--ending the Ukraine war, ending the censorship, and protecting children's health--those are all things that President Trump also wanted to work on, and he invited me to form a unity government. We agreed that we'd be able to continue
to criticize each other on issues on which we don't agree. But these issues are so important and their way of unifying our country. We need in this country to reach a point where we love our children more than we hate each other.
Source: Fox News Sunday on 2024 Presidential Hopefuls
, Aug 25, 2024
Driven out of race by network censorship
Q: You and President Trump have not always been fans of each other. He posted on social media earlier this year: "He's one of the most liberal lunatics ever to run for office. A phony radical-left fool." And The New Yorker said just a couple of
weeks ago: "Kennedy told one person that Trump was a terrible human being, the worst president ever and barely human. He is probably a sociopath." How did you get from that position to endorsing Trump?KENNEDY: It became clear to me that
I did not have a path to victory. Sixteen months of censorship, of not being able to get on any network really except for FOX. When Ross Perot ran, in the 10 months that he ran, he had 34 appearances on the networks. I had two appearances in months.
I was blocked out the networks. I was blocked out from the debate. I had no path to victory. President Trump had been reaching out to me and I talked to him a few hours after the assassination attempt and we had a long conversation by phone.
Source: Fox News Sunday on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
, Aug 25, 2024
Suspends campaign and endorses Donald Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters. Hours later, Kennedy joined
Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, where the crowd burst into "Bobby!" cheers.Kennedy cited free speech, the war in Ukraine and "a war on our children" as among the reasons he would try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states.
"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," Kennedy said. Kennedy said his actions followed conversations with Trump over the past few
weeks. He cast their alliance as "a unity party," an arrangement that would "allow us to disagree publicly and privately and seriously." Kennedy suggested Trump offered him a job if he returns to the White House, but neither he nor Trump offered details.
Source: 2024 RFK/Trump endorsements: Presidential Hopefuls
, Aug 23, 2024
America without censorship: I'm not a cancel-culture guy
Q: At what point do you say that this is not about "tribalism" or "cancellation" or the terms that you're using, but just an insistence on a certain level of decency? KENNEDY: I'm not going to pick out people and say that they're evil, they should be
cancelled, or whatever. I know what my values are. I believe in the same America that my father and my uncle believed in: an America without censorship; an America that fights for our Constitution; an America that is a moral authority around the world,
that projects economic power around the globe rather than military violence--if I can get people to support that, I don't care if they're Republican or independent, or what they are.
Q: Somebody like Alex Jones has nice things to say to you; do you
say, "Alex Jones, I don't want your support"?
KENNEDY: I'm not a cancel-culture guy.
Q: That's not cancel culture. That's a principled insistence that he's a bridge too far.
KENNEDY: That's not consistent with my political philosophy.
Source: The New Yorker magazine on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
, Jul 7, 2023
1980s: Failed the bar exam; struggled with drug addiction
After his father was killed, Kennedy "struggled to be a grown-up," as he puts it. He was kicked out of boarding schools and busted for marijuana possession, though he still attended Harvard.
He failed the bar exam and struggled with addiction. In the early 1980s, after being charged with heroin possession, he entered a drug-rehab facility.
Source: Time magazine "Very Online" on 2023 Presidential hopefulss
, Jun 14, 2023
Our priority will be to restore America's moral leadership
The country is ailing, yes, but underneath there is vitality still. America was once an inspiration to the world, a beacon of freedom and democracy. Our priority will be nothing less than to restore our moral leadership. We will lead by example.
When a warlike imperial nation disarms of its own accord, it sets a template for peace everywhere. It is not too late for us to voluntarily let go of empire and serve peace instead, as a strong and healthy nation.
Source: 2024 Presidential campaign website kennedy24.com
, May 4, 2023
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