« If my father were alive today, he would detest almost everything Donald Trump represents, » Kerry Kennedy told CNN.
Robert F. Kennedy’s sister has said that his endorsement of former President Donald Trump left her « disgusted. »
« If my father were alive today, he would detest almost everything Donald Trump represents », Kerry Kennedy told CNN.
« His lying, his selfishness, his rage, his cynicism, his hatred, his racism, his fascist sympathies, his deliberate misinformation about vaccines, his criminal felony convictions, his contempt for the poor and suffering, for ethics, for democracy, and for his cruel sneering at human rights for suffering people in America and around the world, which is the cause that so moved and motivated my father.
« I’m outraged and disgusted by my brother’s embrace of Donald Trump. I love my brother, but this is an outrage », she said.
Newsweek has contacted Kennedy Jr. and the Trump campaign via email for comment.
At a press conference on Friday, Kennedy Jr. announced he was suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing Donald Trump. « In my heart, I no longer believe that I have a realistic path to electoral victory », Kennedy said. « I cannot in good conscience ask my staff and volunteers to keep working their long hours or ask my donors to keep giving, when I cannot honestly tell them that I have a real path to the White House. »
He said that while he and Trump do not agree on everything, the former president had « brought together people from across the political spectrum grounded in the values of his father, Robert F.
