The Independent candidate’s campaign indicated that he feared staying in the race would siphon support from the former US president.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr abandoned his campaign on Friday and endorsed Republican Donald Trump, ending a presidential bid that he began as a Democrat trading on one of the most famous names in American politics.
“There are still many issues and approaches on which we continue to have very serious differences. But we are aligned on other key issues,” he said at a news conference. He ran a high-profile advertisement during the February 2024 Super Bowl that invoked his father, US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and uncle, US president John F. Kennedy, and drew outrage from much of his high-profile family.His sister Kerry Kennedy said that his decision to endorse Trump betrayed the family’s values. “It is a sad ending to a sad story,” she said on social media.
The Democratic Party has been ruthless in their opposition to Kennedy’s candidacy, including waging legal challenges against his ballot access, as concern grew that Kennedy could hurt the party’s chances in November.in New York City’s Central Park a decade ago and staged it to look like a bike had hit it. He proclaimed he had “so many skeletons in my closet” after a former family babysitter accused him of sexual assault.
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