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Robert F. Kennedy Jr ditches the Democrats

12 October 2023

1:34 AM

12 October 2023

1:34 AM

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has cut ‘Camelot’s’ century-long political ties with the Democrats.

Using a euphemism for draining the swamp, Kennedy said he was done with ‘the two-headed monster in Washington’.

Declaring his independence in a 50-minute speech, the former Democrat announced his end game:

  1. Stir up America’s historically unique optimism.
  2. Take power away from the elites in Washington, and hand that power back to the American people.

The 2024 candidate’s Philadelphia proclamation was old school, but edgy.

It was a simple, straightforward, production.

Kicking off the speech, Kennedy spoke directly to the ‘tens of millions of former middle-class Americans’ who, he said, were now ‘living from pay...

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