At The American Spectator’s 56th Robert L. Bartley Gala, guests were treated to a sit-down discussion between editor Paul Kengor and former presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
From leaving the Democratic Party, to being denied Secret Service protection, to suspending his presidential campaign and supporting Donald Trump, RFK Jr. has been consistently antagonized by the Left. In this discussion, RFK Jr. shared his thoughts and experiences regarding his life and the challenges he’s experienced throughout his campaign. (READ MORE: The American Spectator’s Gala Provides a Glimpse Into the Kennedy Family)
Kengor opened the discussion by reading an excerpt from American Spectator founder R. Emmett Tyrrell’s book, , which begins with Tyrrell’s chance encounter with RFK Jr.’s father, Robert Kennedy Sr.
In response to Kengor’s question about upholding the Kennedy legacy, RFK Jr. discussed the political atmosphere regarding the Vietnam War, and how the Kennedy family viewed the Democratic Party as the “party of peace.”
“My dad, my uncle, the Democratic Party, as a Rand [Paul] said, was traditionally the party of protecting the First Amendment, the cornerstone of all our rights,” RFK Jr. said. “They know that the free flow of information is the sunlight, the soil, the water, the air, the fertilizer for democracy. If you strangle free speech, democracy also dies today with this party.”
RFK Jr. touted a recent endorsement for Trump by former CDC director Robert Redfield, who called Trump “the right man for the job” in handling the American health crisis.
RFK Jr. continually criticized the current state of the Democratic Party. “The Democrats spent tens of millions of dollars not only defaming me [and] making me look like a crazy person, but then they ended the primaries. They wouldn’t let me run against them,” RFK Jr. said.
Kengor then touched upon RFK Jr.’s being denied Secret Service protection, despite it being a practice that started with the assassination of his father in 1968. RFK Jr. shared how he was not provided security despite giving the Secret Service 68 pages of documentation on the threats and attacks made against himself and his family. “Each time they refused, and they clearly were doing it because the agency was politicized…. They knew that we were spending $1 million a month on security, and I knew that this was a way to bleed me dry,” he said.
RFK Jr., who is aligning his efforts in support of Donald Trump in the presidential election, praised Trump’s commitment to integrating the platform “Make America Healthy Again” into his campaign.
When asked what he would like to do in the Trump administration should Trump win the presidency, RFK Jr. responded, “I would like kind of a roving portfolio, unravel corruption in various agencies.”
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