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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s household denounced him for “betraying” their household values after the previous presidential candidate gave his full-throated assist Friday to former President Trump.
“We wish an America stuffed with hope and sure collectively by a shared imaginative and prescient of a brighter future, a future outlined by particular person freedom, financial promise and nationwide delight,” a press release signed by 5 of the previous third-party presidential candidate’s siblings mentioned.
“We imagine in Harris and Walz,” the assertion continued. “Our brother Bobby’s choice to endorse Trump [Friday] is a betrayal of the values that our father and our household maintain most pricey. It’s a unhappy ending to a tragic story.”
The assertion, signed by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Chris Kennedy and Rory Kennedy, was shared by Joe Kennedy III, a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, who wrote that it was “properly mentioned.”
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. shakes palms with former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, throughout a rally Friday in Glendale, Ariz. (Reuters/Go Nakamura)
Jack Schlossberg, RFK Jr.’s cousin, wrote that his relative was “on the market” and now “works” for Trump.
“By no means been much less shocked in my life. Been saying it for over a 12 months — RFK Jr. is on the market, works for Trump. Bedfellows and loving it,” Schlossberg wrote in an X submit. “Kamala Harris is for the individuals — the simplest choice of all time simply received simpler.”
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, speaks on the second day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Middle in Chicago Tuesday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP through Getty Photographs)
President Biden walks with the Kennedy household throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Philadelphia in April. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Submit through Getty Photographs)
Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy and the grandson of JFK, has been a vocal critic of his cousin’s marketing campaign.
When RFK Jr. first introduced his candidacy, Schlossberg referred to as him an “embarrassment.”
The 31-year-old has been an ardent supporter of Harris and just lately spoke on the Democratic Nationwide Conference.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. waves to the gang at a marketing campaign rally for former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, Friday, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Picture/Ross D. Franklin)
The Unbiased presidential candidate on Friday dropped his White Home bid and introduced assist for Trump.
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“I’ve made the heart-wrenching choice to droop my marketing campaign and to assist President Trump. This choice is agonizing for me due to the difficulties it causes me and my kids and my associates,” he mentioned throughout an occasion in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Hours later, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, the place the gang burst into resounding “Bobby!” chants.
“Three causes drove me to enter this race within the first place. And these are the principal causes that persuaded me to go away the Democratic Occasion and run as an unbiased and now to throw my assist at President Trump,” RFK Jr. mentioned. “The causes have been free speech, struggle in Ukraine and the struggle on our youngsters.”
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RFK Jr. mentioned the Democratic Nationwide Committee “waged continued authorized struggle” on each Trump and him, whereas additionally accusing the DNC of working a “sham major” that prevented a critical major problem to President Biden earlier than he secured the Democratic nomination and dropped out in July and endorsed Harris.
Fox Information Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
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Kennedy relations denounce RFK Jr.’s choice to endorse Trump as a ‘betrayal of values’
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