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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a scathing verdict on Friday on the Democratic Party for launching a coup against President Joe Biden to replace him with Vice President Kamala Harris – who was previously one of the most unpopular vice presidents in history and suddenly found herself ahead of former President Donald Trump in the polls.
Kennedy has withdrawn his candidacy in at least two swing states – Arizona and Pennsylvania – for now. Kennedy said he would remain on the ballot in states that are clearly dominated by both Republicans and Democrats.
The decision comes as Democrats have tried to use lawfare to push Kennedy off the ballot in key states, just as they did with Trump. Kennedy criticized the process as undemocratic and condemned the “palace coup against President Joe Biden.”
“Under the guise of saving democracy, the Democratic Party set out to destroy it. Because the DNC had no confidence in its candidate – that its candidate could win at the ballot box in a fair election – it waged a perpetual legal battle against both President Trump and me,” Kennedy said.
The DNC then “ran a sham primary that was rigged to prevent any serious challenge to President Biden,” Kennedy continued. “Then, when a predictably botched debate performance triggered the palace coup against President Biden, the same shady DNC operatives appointed his successor – also without an election.”
“They put up a candidate who was so unpopular with voters that she dropped out in 2020 without winning a single delegate,” he said.
Kennedy continued to describe presidential candidate Harris’ recent conduct as “deeply undemocratic.”
“My uncle and my father both loved to debate. They prided themselves on their ability to take on any opponent in the battle of ideas. They would be astonished to learn of a Democratic Party presidential candidate who, like Vice President Harris, has not given a single interview or unplanned encounter with voters in 35 days,” he said. “That is profoundly undemocratic.”
“How are people supposed to vote if they don’t know who they’re voting for? And what effect might that have on the rest of the world?” asked Kennedy.
Kennedy then destroyed the commercial left-wing media because they had complied with the Democrats’ wishes.
“Instead of showing us her substance and character, the DNC and its media outlets have engineered a popularity boost for Vice President Harris that is based on nothing,” Kennedy said. “No policy, no interviews, no debates. Just gimmicks.”
Harris is currently 1.5 points ahead of Trump, according to RealClearPolitics’ average. That’s a surprising lead considering that an NBC News poll last year found 49 percent of registered voters surveyed had an unfavorable opinion of Harris.
However, more than 70 percent of Democrats and independent voters who voted for Biden in 2020 have no idea about Harris’s political positions.
The Media Research Center conducted a survey of 1,200 “registered Democrats and independents who voted for Joe Biden in 2020” and found that on 10 “different aspects of Harris’ public appearance… between 71% and 86% of these Democrats and independents either had not heard of Harris’ position or were unsure.”
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. Brianna holds a degree in international political economy from Fordham University. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
