Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic bid for president and announce he'll run as an independent or third-party candidate. Kennedy's campaign has teased a major announcement Monday in Philadelphia. Kennedy running as a third-party candidate would add a new wrinkle to a 2024 race that's heading toward a likely rematch between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump. Kennedy is a member of one of the most famous Democrati
FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifies before a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 20, 2023. FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during The Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifies before a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 20, 2023. FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
In campaign emails and videos, he blasted the DNC’s decision not to host debates between Biden and other candidates and railed against the committee’s plan to give South Carolina rather than Iowa or New Hampshire Far-right and anti-vaccine influencers close to Kennedy also have sent strong signals on social media suggesting he should or will leave the Democratic Party. Last month, Joseph Mercola, an influential anti-vaccine doctor who is allied with Kennedy, ran a poll on X, formerly known as Twitter, asking if Kennedy should quit the party.and frequently invokes his late father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle President John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail, he has builtin recent years.
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