Kennedy Suspends Presidential Bid, Backs Trump

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August 28, 2024

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campaign

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an organized effort by a candidate or a political party to convince people to vote for them

Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign used the slogan "Change we can believe in."

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to express public support or approval of something or someone

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someone or something that has been suggested for an award, job, etc.

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rally

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a large meeting of people in support of a person, group, goal, etc.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at a rally in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

commission

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The 9/11 Commission was set up in November 2002 to investigate the September 11 terrorist attacks.

assassination

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the act of murdering an important person, often for political reasons

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Kennedy Suspends Presidential Bid, Backs Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Junior suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump on August 23.

At an event in Phoenix, Kennedy spoke for 20 minutes praising Trump, before clearly saying he was backing the former president.

Kennedy said his internal polls had shown that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. However, recent public polls don't show clearly that he was having a big impact on support for either Trump or Harris.

Kennedy spoke of free speech, the war in Ukraine and "a war on our children" as among the reasons for his decision.

"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," Kennedy said.

Kennedy said his actions followed conversations with Trump over the past few weeks. He has also been given a job within the Trump campaign as a member of the transition team.

Hours after the announcement, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, where the crowd burst into "Bobby!" cheers.

"We are both in this to do what's right for the country," Trump said, later praising Kennedy for having "raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country."

Trump spoke of Kennedy's late uncle, John F. Kennedy, and his father, Robert F. Kennedy, saying he knows "that they are looking down right now and they are very, very proud."

Trump said that, if he wins this November, he will establish a new independent presidential commission on assassination attempts that will release all remaining documents related to John F. Kennedy's assassination.

Five of Kennedy's family members issued a statement the same day calling his support for Trump "a sad ending to a sad story" and repeated their support for Harris.