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Robert Fringe Kennedy, Jr.

Robert Fringe Kennedy, Jr.

RFK Jr. running as an independent may not make much difference either way.

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Oct 01, 2023
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Just days after the publication of an absolutely scathing Vanity Fair profile in with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. insists he Has no plans to run for President as an independent candidate,1 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has announced that he will be running for President as an independent candidate:

U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce he is running as an independent instead of pursuing his long-shot bid to oust President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee, a shift that could complicate the 2024 election.

Anti-vaccine activist Kennedy, a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, posted a video on YouTube on Friday asking Americans to join him for a "major announcement" in Philadelphia on Oct. 9.

"I'll be speaking about a sea change in American politics," he said, decrying corruption in "both parties."

"How are we going to win against the established Washington interests?" he asks. "It's not through playing the game" by the current rules, he said.

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