- President Joe Biden flies to Philadelphia for campaign event Thursday
- There he will be joined by at least 15 members of John F. Kennedy’s family.
- Several members have already distanced themselves from RFK Jr’s career
President Joe Biden flies to Philadelphia for a campaign event Thursday where the Kennedy clan will deliver their endorsement, officially snubbing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quixotic bid for the White House.
The move is not a surprise, but it will allow Biden to use the inspiring themes of JFK’s presidency in his re-election campaign.
The family has made clear their frustration over RFK Jr’s conspiracy theories and the way he has used his famous surname for political gain.
And dozens of members of the dynasty joined Biden at the White House for St. Patrick’s Day last month.
On Wednesday, Kerry Kennedy will stab her brother when she speaks on behalf of her family.
Many members of the Kennedy clan joined President Joe Biden at the White House on Sunday for St. Patrick’s Day and spread the photo above on social media.
President Joe Biden returned to the White House on Wednesday with his aide Bruce Reed. He flies to Philadelphia for a campaign event where he will be endorsed by the Kennedy family.
“President Biden has been a defender of all the rights and freedoms that my father and uncles defended,” Robert Kennedy’s daughter will say in excerpts shared before the speech.
She will say former President Donald Trump is taking America backwards.
“I can only imagine how Donald Trump’s outrageous lies and behavior would have horrified my father, Robert F. Kennedy, who proudly served as attorney general of the United States and kept his promise to uphold the law and protect the country.” , said. say.
‘Dad defended equal justice, human rights and freedom in the face of misery and fear. Just as President Biden does today.”
He will tell his followers that voting for Biden is voting for democracy.
At least 15 family members will join Biden at a second event, before campaigning for the presumptive Democratic nominee by knocking on doors and manning a phone bank.
Since RFK Jr joined the race, first as a Democrat and then as an independent, several members of his family have spoken out against his White House bid.
“Our brother Bobby’s decision to run as a third-party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous for our country,” his siblings Rory, Kerry, Joseph P. Kennedy II and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said in a statement last fall.
Many members of the Kennedy family have disavowed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his skepticism about vaccines and have spoken of conspiracy theories.
More President Joe Biden voters in 2020 have leaned toward independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. than those who supported former President Donald Trump four years ago, March national poll found DailyMail.com/JL Partners
Kennedy, 70, an environmental lawyer, is running as an anti-vaccine activist.
His famous name has helped him rise in the polls. But it has proven to be a double-edged sword.
He was forced to apologize for a Super Bowl ad that resembled one by his uncle, John F. Kennedy, that ran in 1960.
The 30-second ad, which cost approximately $7 million, featured ‘Kennedy, Kennedy, ‘Kennedy For Me’ that helped JFK defeat Richard Nixon.
The division in the family became clear when family members, dressed in green, posed for a photo with Biden on the steps of the Rose Garden last month.
“From one proud Irish family to another, it was good to have you all back in the White House,” Biden posted on social media in response to a post with a photo of Kerry Kennedy, the youngest daughter of the late Sen. Bobby Kennedy.