“Bobby, Bobby”. Cheers and applause greeted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Arizona at his first rally held with Donald Trump, after the independent candidate announced his support for the tycoon, suspending his own campaign for the White House. At the rally in Glendale, Trump’s campaign had hinted at the arrival of “a special guest”.
Kennedy was welcomed with thunderous applause on stage and enjoyed a fireworks display after being introduced by Trump as “a man who has been an incredible champion of many of these values that we all share.” “We are both here to do what is right for the country,” Trump said, later praising Kennedy for having “raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country.” Trump then evoked his uncle and father, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, saying he knows they “are looking down from above right now and are very, very proud.”
And for this reason, in case of victory, Trump announced he would create a task force with Bob to investigate high-profile assassinations in the country, and that he would particularly publish the remaining documents related to the death of former President John F. Kennedy, the uncle of the now former presidential candidate. The same commission will thoroughly investigate the attempted assassination directed at him on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. But it should be noted that this is not new: back in June, Trump had promised to make public all classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and stated that he also knows who was behind the murder. But everything will be revealed on the condition of being elected in November.
Kennedy Jr.’s presence at Trump’s event in Phoenix comes just hours after he announced he would abandon his presidential run to support the Republican. “I don’t think many of you have heard of him, he is very discreet, but very respected. He is a great person, I’ve known him for a long time,” Trump said amidst applause from the crowd.
In turn, on the podium, Kennedy, who acknowledged his ideological differences with the candidate he now supports, stated that their values overlap in “having safe food and ending the epidemic of chronic diseases.” “Don’t you want chemical-free food? Don’t you want a president who will get us out of wars and rebuild the middle class?” he said. At the time of abandoning the presidential race, Kennedy Jr. had a 4.7% voter intention, according to the average of polls analyzed by Five Thirty Eight, compared to 47% support for Harris and 43.7% for Trump.