The president of USA, Joe Biden, received this Thursday during an electoral event in the key state of Pennsylvania the support of the Kennedy clan, in a show of force that seeks to weaken the independent candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., known as RFK Jr.
Meanwhile, former Republican president Donald Trump (2017-2021) spent another day in a New York court for the start of a criminal trial for falsifying documents during the 2016 campaign to cover up an affair with porn actress Stormy. Daniels.
Biden appeared surrounded by several members of the Kennedy clan at a Philadelphia sports center named after the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and where blue campaign signs – the color of Democrats – met with basketball hoops.
The event began with a speech by Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, niece of former President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) and sister of the current independent candidate.
The Kennedy clan turns its back on RFK Jr.
“We want to make our feelings very clear about what is the best future for the United States, which is to re-elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for another four years”said Kerry Kennedy, who was interrupted several times by applause from the audience.
He did not mention his brother’s name at any time, but insisted that there are only two candidates with a chance of winning the Presidency, Biden and Trump, making it clear that there is no room for another.
“I can only imagine how Donald Trump’s outrageous lies and behavior would have horrified my father, Robert F. Kennedy,” he stated.
Biden, who has a bust of Robert F. Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House, stated that the support of the clan of one of his idols was a “an incredible honor”.
The president also argued that the November elections are an election between two candidates and two visions of the United States, his own, characterized by “decency” and the “dignity”, and Trump’s, drenched in chaos.
“We face another turning point in history. The 2024 election centers on two fundamentally different visions for America. Trump’s is one of anger, hatred, revenge and retaliation,” he lashed out.
The threat of a third candidate
The endorsement of the Kennedy family comes with just over six months left until the presidential elections and shows the extent to which the Democratic campaign takes seriously the threat posed by the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
This politician, considered the “black sheep” of the family, tried to compete against Biden in the Democratic Party primaries; But, in October, he gave the surprise by announcing that he was running as an independent.
Much of the Kennedy clan has expressed rejection of his candidacy and has criticized his ideas, including the conspiracy theories he began to spread during the pandemic about Covid-19 and vaccines.
RFK Jr. has no chance of becoming President, but his mere presence on the ballot could harm Biden or Trump in key states like Pennsylvania, where the winner is decided by a handful of votes.
Trump locked in court
Biden’s speech in Philadelphia caps a three-day tour of Pennsylvania and highlights the contrast with Trump, who has spent almost the entire week in a New York court for what is his first criminal trial. faces a former president of the United States.
One of the few places where Trump was able to campaign was a small grocery store, where before the cameras and between bags of chips and soda he complained about the judicial process against him and spoke of the need to impose “law and order”.
Trump, who faces 34 charges in New York, has three other open criminal cases, two of them related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, in which he lost to Biden.
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Source: Gestion
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