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RFK JR. Supports Trump, Shreds the Democrat Party Over ‘Corruption’ [FULL VIDEO]

By Jim Piwowarczyk
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RFK Jr., independent candidate and scion of one of the nation’s most prominent Democrat political families, announced Friday that he is throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump in the November 2024 election based on the causes of “free speech, the war on Ukraine and the war on our children.” He accused the Democrat Party of trying to “dismantle” Democracy by “rigging” its primary and attempting to throw Trump in jail.

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The Democrat Party has “become the Party of war, censorship, corruption, big pharma, big tech, big ag and big money,” said Kennedy, in a speech that absolutely shredded the party of his forebears.

“Three great causes drove me to enter this race in the first place, primarily, and these are the principal causes that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now to throw my support to President Trump,” he said, announcing that he is suspending his campaign.

Kennedy emphasized that his desire to help fix the country’s childhood disease epidemic drove him to endorse Trump, who he said has embraced the issue. He reeled off a series of alarming statistics on the staggering increase in childhood obesity, neurological disorders, diabetes and more, attributing it, in part, to contaminants in the food supply and processed food. He desires to break Big Pharma’s grip on government and also emphasized protecting free speech and getting and keeping the nation out of “forever wars.” He said the war in Ukraine could have been prevented.

“I am not terminating my campaign I am simply suspending it and not ending it. My name will remain on the ballot in most states,” he said. However, Kennedy said that he is seeking to remove his name from all battleground states. He is encouraging people who aren’t in battleground states to still vote for him.

Trump thanked RFK Jr, saying, “I want to thank Bobby, that was very nice. He’s a great guy, respected by everybody.” For his part, Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Arizona later in the day with a “surprise guest.”

Kennedy revealed that Trump wants to enlist him in his administration, saying, “In those meetings, he suggested that we join forces as a unity party. We talked about Abraham Lincoln’s team of rivals, that arrangement would allow us to disagree publicly and privately and furiously, if need be, on issues over which we differ, while working together on the existential issues upon which we are in concordance.”

Kennedy slammed the Democrat Party, saying that the Democrat National Committee had “rigged” its primary to avoid fair competition against its unpopular president, then staged a “palace coup” against President Joe Biden, followed by an engineered “surge of popularity” for a Vice President, Kamala Harris, who is refusing interviews or to clearly articulate policies.

“Instead of showing us her substance and character, the DNC and its media organs engineered a surge of popularity for VP Harris based upon nothing. No policies, no interviews, no debates. Only smoke and mirrors and balloons,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said the same shadowy DNC operatives appointed Biden’s successor, “without an election.” He called what happened to Biden a “palace coup.”

Kennedy’s speech was so stunning that CNN cut away from it, and MSNBC spoke over it.

Kennedy said that while “Democracy may still be alive at the grassroots, it has become little more than a slogan for our political institutions, our media, and our government.” In the name of saving Democracy, the Democrat Party has set out to “dismantle it.” RFK Jr. said the DNC waged “continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself,” dragging them into court in “state after state,” trying to throw candidates off the ballot and “to throw President Trump in jail.”

He said the sham primary was “rigged” to prevent a fair primary against Biden.

“They installed a candidate who was so unpopular with voters that she dropped out in 2022 without winning a single delegate,” said Kennedy. “My uncle and my father both relished debate,” added Kennedy.

He is the son of Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of Democratic President John F. Kennedy, who were both assassinated.

“They would be astonished to learn of a Democratic Party presidential nominee who, like Vice President Harris, has not appeared in a single interview or an unscripted encounter with voters for 35 days,” said Kennedy of his dad and uncle.

In Chicago, a string of Democratic speakers mentioned Donald Trump 147 times just on the first day, Kennedy said. “Who needs a policy when you have Trump to hate?” In contrast, at the Republican National Convention, Biden was mentioned only twice in four days, said RFK Jr.

“Sixteen months ago in April of 2023. I launched my campaign for president of the United States. I began this journey as a Democrat, the party of my father, my uncle, the party I pledged my own allegiance long before before I was able to vote,” said RFK Jr.

Kennedy said he attended “my first Democratic convention at the age of 6 in 1960.”

“Back then Democrats were the champions of the constitution, of civil rights. The Democrats stood against authoritarianism, against censorship, against colonialism, imperialism, and unjust wars. We were the party of labor of the working class. The Democrats were the party of government, transparency, and the champion of the environment. Our party was the bulwark against big money interests and Corporate power.”

Not anymore, said RFK Jr.

“As you know I left that party in October because it had parted so dramatically from the core values that I grew up with,” he said.

He also critiqued Biden.

“In April 2022, President Biden sent Boris Johnson to Ukraine to FORCE President Zelensky to TEAR UP a peace deal that he and the Russians had ALREADY signed. That peace agreement would’ve brought peace to the region,” Kennedy said.

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“In Washington County our budget cycle starts right now, and it’s not due until November. We will propose our budget goals to the County Board in the next couple of months. We will share ‘This is what we’re thinking.’ It gives them months of time to think those through, give us feedback, and [have] that kind of dialogue,” Schoemann explained in an interview on News Talk 1130 WISN.

Schoemann said that is far better than the approach Evers is taking again this year.

“That’s not how government is supposed to work,” Schoemann said. “It’s not the vision of the governor. It’s not the vision of any one person.”

Evers and the Republican legislative leaders who will write the budget have been involved in on-again, off-again budget talks this month. On Thursday, the governor’s office said those talks were off once again because of gridlock in the Senate.

“Ultimately, the Senate needs to decide whether they were elected to govern and get things done or not,” Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback said in a post on X.

Schoemann’s criticism of Evers is nothing new. He has long been a critic of the governor and has turned that criticism up since launching his campaign for governor.

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Republican Assembly leaders said the two sides were "far apart. Senate leaders say Evers’ desires “extend beyond what taxpayers can afford.”

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“Title IX exists to protect women and girls in education,” said Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for Civil Rights. “It is perverse to allow males to compete against girls, invade their private spaces, and take their trophies.”

In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning males from participating in female student sports, and he has threatened to block California's federal funding for continuing to defy his order. With California facing deficits in the tens of billions of dollars each year, it's unclear how the state would offset any losses or pauses in federal funding.

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Title IX was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1972 to ensure that schools could not discriminate against female students. It requires they be provided with equal opportunities to engage in athletics, extracurriculars and education.

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“As a result of CIF’s policy, California’s top-ranked girls’ triple jumper, and second-ranked girls’ long-jumper, is a boy,” wrote the DOJ. “As recently as May 17, this male athlete was allowed to take winning titles that rightfully belong to female athletes in both events.”

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