Alaska voters may be ranking Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for president in November, and they may even rank Cornel West, the socialist, or Oliver Chase, the Libertarian, but they won’t be ranking Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who at this moment is still on the Alaska general election ballot.
That’s because the Democrat-turned-Independent said he is suspending his race for president. He is expected made the formal announcement in Arizona today, and his team told reporters in advance he would endorse Trump.
RFK Jr. had been working to get onto a few remaining state ballots but was being blocked by the Democratic Party in Democrat-run states.
“Democrats stood against authoritarianism, against censorship, against colonialism, imperialism, and unjust wars. We were the party of labor of the working class. The Democrats were the party of government transparency and the champion of the environment. Our party was the bulwark against big money, interests, and corporate power. True to its name. It was the party of democracy,” he said, slamming the Democratic Party for its new authoritarian qualities.
Kennedy, 70, had recently had talks with Trump team allies. The liberal environmental lawyer had been snubbed by his own Democratic Party, which was hellbent on reelecting Joe Biden, until the party pivoted and threw Biden to the wolves in favor of Kamala Harris.
Kennedy has been in talks with Trump allies for the past few weeks.
This story will be updated shortly.
