Announced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., out of the race for the White House on Friday, and endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump.
“I no longer believe that I have a reasonable path to winning the election,” Kennedy, 70, said at a press conference in Arizona.
Kennedy also criticized Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris for not holding primaries, noting many doubts about the party’s predecessor that he said led him to “endorse to President Trump”.
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Most of the Kennedy family members opposed a decision supported by former President Donald Trump.
His sister, Kerry, a human rights activist, said in a statement published by American media: “Our brother Bobby’s decision to support Trump today is a betrayal of our father’s values and our family.”
She said in the statement, which was also signed by four other brothers: “It’s a sad end to a sad story.”
Kennedy’s withdrawal came the day after Harris gave an impassioned speech in Chicago, where she accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, and began the final ten weeks until Election Day. .
On Wednesday, Nicole Shanahan, a vice presidential candidate in the Robert F. Kennedy campaign, said: Kennedy Jr.; The independent candidate in the US presidential elections is considering ending his campaign to join his Republican rival, Donald Trump, according to Reuters.
Shanahan said in an interview published online on Tuesday that she and Kennedy, as independents, might get support from potential voters for Trump, who paved the way for him Democrats Kamla Harris and Tim Walz to win the presidential elections scheduled for November.
“Or we withdraw now and go with Donald Trump,” she said in the interview she did with the media company Impact Theory in Los Angeles.
Kennedy said in a statement: “As always, I am willing to talk to leaders of any political party to achieve the goals I have pursued for 40 years during my career and in this campaign.
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Kennedy is the son of the late Democratic politician Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy, and his family that they would not support him in his election campaign.
Kennedy initially tried to compete with President Joe Biden to win the nomination of the Democratic Party, before he decided to run as an independent.
An Ipsos poll this month showed that Kennedy received four percent of the votes of the participants in the election.
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2024-08-23 23:55:00
