Kennedy has been running for president as a Democrat and has a record of promoting conspiracy theories and opposing vaccines
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the scion of the Kennedy political family who has spent the last six months running for the Democratic presidential nomination, is expected to announce an independent run for the presidency on Monday.
In a statement emailed to the media, Kennedy’s campaign said the 69-year-old will make a “much-anticipated announcement in address to the American people” on Monday afternoon in Philadelphia. Kennedy, who announced that he was running against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination in April, has been polling atof promoting conspiracy theories and a long history of opposing vaccines, has struggled to make inroads into Biden’s support.
The nephew of John F Kennedy, and son of Robert F Kennedy, both Democrats who were assassinated, has, however, drawn ire for false comments about wifi causing “leaky brain” andthat Covid-19 had been targeted to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people from the worst impacts of the disease; the same month, the Congressional Integrity Project, a political watchdog, released a reportIn a statement about the announcement, Kennedy’s campaign said he will “will lay out a path to the White House that...
“Presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr will make a historic announcement on Oct 9 in Philadelphia, where he will share a vision of a profound realignment of American politics and the healing of the nation’s widening partisan divide,” the statement said.
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