2024-08-27 16:51:21
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not only has to listen to harsh criticism from his sister, he has also now lost a privilege.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. caused a stir by giving up his presidential candidacy and supporting Donald Trump. The decision to drop out of the already hopeless race also has personal consequences for him.
The Kennedy family had long distanced themselves from the politician, who had become known as a conspiracy theorist. After he approached Trump, his sister Kerry Kennedy spoke out. She said the support had “disgusted” her. “If my father were alive today, he would detest almost everything that Donald Trump stands for,” Kerry Kennedy told CNN. Her father was Robert Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy and himself a candidate for the US presidency; he was shot in an assassination attempt in 1968.
“I am outraged and disgusted by my brother’s embrace of Donald Trump. I love my brother, but this is a scandal,” Kerry said. She strongly criticizes Trump as someone who lies, is selfish and full of hate. He despises the suffering of the poor and human rights, issues that have always moved her father. She is all the more upset that her brother is now joining this man.
This means he has lost his sister, at least for the time being. “I am distancing myself from him,” she told CNN. She last saw her brother at her daughter’s wedding, but has not spoken to him since.
In his statement about his withdrawal from the presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he did not agree with Donald Trump on everything. However, he was someone who brought people from all political backgrounds together. The Kennedy family then spoke of a betrayal. Sister Kerry published a corresponding statement on Platform X.
But the 70-year-old former Democrat has also suffered another loss. According to US reports, by withdrawing from the presidential election campaign he will also lose the protection of the Secret Service. His spokeswoman Stefanie Spear confirmed this to CBS News.
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden ordered special protection for Kennedy as well. As a rule, this protection is only granted to the main candidates, in this election campaign Donald Trump. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are under constant guard anyway because of their offices as president and vice president.