Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Campaign, Supports Trump
He then gave his support to Donald Trump
.Play videocontent“We changed the national conversation forever,” he said. He then handed his support to Donald Trump
.Play video content“We changed the national conversation forever,” he said.
He said polling consistently shows that by staying on the ballot in battleground states, that would hand the presidency to Democrats — an outcome he wants to avoid.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is delivering a speech in Phoenix … a day after withdrawing from the Arizona ballot. He’s expected to announce he’s dropping out of the race for president.
This comes among widespread speculation the independent candidate will endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump for president. Trump will also be in Arizona on Friday. Trump’s campaign announced yesterday he would be joined by “a special guest” at the Glendale event.
RFK Jr.’s third-party campaign has struggled to certify the required signatures to appear on various state ballots, qualifying for 23 state ballots, but facing legal challenges in others.
On Friday, the campaign requested ballot removal from Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press.
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TMZ.com
His attempt at appearing on the debate stage in June with Republican nominee Donald Trump and President
Joe Biden
failed — that fateful night eventually leading to Biden
bowing out of the race
and passing the torch to VP Kamala Harris, who just wrapped up a popular Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week.RFK Jr. did challenge Trump to a head-to-head debate at the Libertarian National Convention in May, though Trump declined. Trump declared on his Truth Social platform that “RFK Jr. was a Democrat Plant’, a Radical Left Liberal. “Play video content
8/4/24RFK Jr. caught a storm of attention after admitting he was behind an infamous NYC prank
involving a dead bear cub left on a Central Park bike path in 2014. In a photo taken back in 2014, Kennedy is seen with his finger inside the mouth of a dead bear. “
RFK’s Jr.’s campaign claimed that his run was independent of the corrupt government and the broken two-party system. The campaign focused on issues including the environment, foreign intervention, the country’s southern border and middle-class concerns.
Originally Published — 11:37 AM PT
