In free fall in the polls and fundraising, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the 70-year-old son of Bob Kennedy and grandson of JFK, announced in Phoenix that he is suspending the race for the White House and giving his endorsement to Donald Trump , in exchange for a place in his eventual administration. Perhaps - according to some media - as secretary of health (despite being an anti-vax conspiracy theorist), or at the head of some federal agency.
Rfk explained that he intends to remove his name from the ballots in 10 swing states (already done in Arizona and Pennsylvania), so as not to act as a spoiler, and encouraged people to vote for him in the others where he remains in the race. But he chose to support the tycoon for some shared battles, such as freedom of expression, the end of the war in Ukraine and "our children" (for disease and malnutrition). Turning his back on the Dems for some time now, "who have become the party of war, censorship, corruption, Big Pharma, big technology ... and big money."
"This is great. He's a great person, respected by everyone," the former president beamed at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. But in a joint statement, five of Kennedy Jr.'s siblings (Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Chris Kennedy, and Rory Kennedy) quickly branded his endorsement of the tycoon as "a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold dear. It's a sad conclusion to a sad story."
Rfk thus completes his bizarre electoral parable, after having challenged Joe Biden in the primaries first as a Democrat and then as an independent , becoming the black sheep of a noble political dynasty aligned entirely with the president. And now with his vice and heir Kamala Harris. The turning point had been in the air for days, anticipated by the American media and matured in the event in Phoenix, Arizona, in which Kennedy Jr speaks to the nation about the future of his campaign.
"We will win anyway," Kamala Harris's staff assures, without forgetting the threat of a third candidate who has historically always penalized the Dems, as in the case of activist Ralph Nader who sank Al Gore.
(Online Union)