Kennedy: Alternative candidates withdraw from US election

The independent one US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The conspiracy theorist has dropped out of the White House race. He will now support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The 70-year-old announced during an appearance in Phoenix, Arizona, that his name would be removed from the ballot in so-called swing states.

Kennedy’s approval rating this week was 8.7 percent in the latest national poll from political website The Hill. Experts say Kennedy’s votes in some swing states could play a decisive role in the tight race between Trump and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.

Although it has happened since then President Joe Biden withdraws from the race The dynamics of the campaign have changed with the change in the White House and Kamala Harris. The vice president is riding a wave of support and currently leads Trump nationally. However, the lead nationally is small — and most importantly, the election will not be decided by the results nationwide, but by the results in individual states.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the son of former attorney general and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who, like his brother John F. Kennedy five years earlier, was shot in an assassination attempt in 1968. The 70-year-old environmental lawyer is an outsider in the presidential race.

He is also seen as a purveyor of conspiracy myths that could scare off centrist voters. For example, he has claimed that vaccinations cause autism, that WiFi causes cancer, and that chemicals in the environment can turn children transgender. He also downplayed the January 2021 storm of fervent Trump supporters on a Washington congressional bench.

AFP/Women

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