(DCWatchdog.com) – Saying that it was an “inexplicable effort” to tarnish their father’s memory, former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sister attacked him for endorsing GOP nominee Donald Trump.
Kerry Kennedy slammed her brother for supporting Trump on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.” Her brother backed Trump after suspending his own campaign.
“So I’m outraged and disgusted by my brother’s gaudy and obscene embrace of Donald Trump. And I completely get out and separate and dissociate myself from Robert Kennedy Jr. in this flagrant and inexplicable effort to desecrate and trample and set fire to my father’s memory,” Kerry Kennedy said.
Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family, including Kerry Kennedy, issued a statement condemning his endorsement of the Republican candidate, saying it was “a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.”
Moreover, Kerry reiterated her support for the Democrat nominee Kamala Harris and running mate for vice-president Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D). She said her father “would have detested almost everything Donald Trump represents” if he was alive today.
She continued during the interview, “I think … the stakes this November couldn’t be higher, which is exactly why my whole family will be fighting so hard to reelect Kamala Harris and Coach Walz, who’ve been champions for the values that my family has fought for, for years.”
In addition, she criticized Trump as the polar opposite, labeling him as a threat to most basic freedoms that are core to who we are as Americans: the right for women to control our bodies, the right to live in communities safe from gun violence, to love who you love.
His family has regularly dismissed RFK Jr.’s independent candidacy since he first launched his presidential bid last year. Kerry also emphasized the importance of November’s election and ensuring that Trump is defeated.
She added, “I think that Donald Trump is incredibly dangerous to us. And I think what Bobby has done here is anathema to everything. Not only [what] our family stands for, but what Bobby has given his life to.”
“You know, he spent so many years out there working on protecting the environment. And that’s the opposite of what Trump plans to do,” she concluded.
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