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RFK Jr. announces he will run as an independent candidate (www.politico.com)

submitted 11 months ago by JCPhoenix@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday he is abandoning his bid for the Democratic nomination for the White House in 2024.

“I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate for president of the United States,” Kennedy announced to a crowd of supporters at Independence Mall in Philadelphia. “We declare independence from the cynical elites who betray our hope and who amplify our divisions. And finally, we declare independence from the two political parties.”

His family name is almost synonymous with the Democratic Party, but Kennedy has determined that its primary nomination process was skewed in favor of President Joe Biden. That history, he said, made the decision personally painful for him.

Some members of the Kennedy family released a joint statement in response calling his announcement “deeply saddening” and “perilous for our country.”

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[–] Five@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It is easy to forget he is a Democrat. My first reaction was 'maybe this will split the Trump vote' -- though that still might be true.

[–] hammer_gaidin@fosstodon.org 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@Five
Hes as far from a dem as there is. Just because an Apple calls itself an orange, doesn't make it true.
@JCPhoenix

[–] Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

If Dems are oranges and Reps are literal shit. He'd be like a freshly picked mushroom.

It's gonna taste like shit, it might kill you, but I guess you could say it's closer to an orange than literal shit, debatably.

[–] JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago

But he's anti-vax. Or at least a "vaccine skeptic." While there are certainly those on the left who are anti-vax, I'd say that's more typically a position of the right (though of course not all are anti-vax). And he's not quiet about it either.