What RFK's Endorsement of Trump Means

It is without question the most significant development in the 2024 presidential race - other than the surprise withdraw of President Joe Biden.

The endorsement of Republican Donald J. Trump by lifelong Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is without question the most significant development in the 2024 presidential race—other than the surprise withdraw of President Joe Biden, who it is now clear was forced out of the race by the leaders of his own party who were painfully aware of his rapid mental and physical deterioration, which they had successfully concealed from the American people for most of his presidency.

Incredibly, the people who have been harping on their protection of "democracy" used an entirely undemocratic process to force Joe Biden from the race and to elevate a candidate that no Democrat primary or caucus voter actually voted for. Not only did they not let Robert F. Kennedy fairly compete for their nomination, but they then turned around and anointed a candidate with virtually no public support.

Despite the best efforts of the mainstream media to characterize RFK Jr. as a "nut," and the shameful denunciations of members of his own family who evidently think that it is forbidden to depart from progressive Left ideology, Kennedy established himself as a tireless candidate, whose candidacy from the beginning was based on an agenda larger than just his own ambition.

RFK Jr. is an acquaintance of mine. I met him once at a health freedom conference in California. A photo which includes General Michael Flynn and

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activist Charlene Bollinger, both of whom were also at the conference, is the cornerstone of a left-wing conspiracy theory which holds that I (along with Steve Bannon!) somehow urged Kennedy to run for president based on the false assumption that Kennedy's candidacy would draw votes from Joe Biden. All of this springs from one photograph - it's the worst case of "guilty by association" imaginable. The claim is, of course, baseless.

RFK and I share the same publisher, Tony Lyons of Skyhorse Publishing, and I had not only read his book The Real Anthony Fauci, but have also given it to many friends as Christmas gifts.

I was impressed by Kennedy's efforts on the stump and his uncanny ability to back up any assertion he made in interviews, with a study or other documentation. A year-and-a-half ago, I even wrote a whimsical on Substack musing about a Trump-Kennedy ticket:

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Based on the brutal treatment of Senator Bernie Sanders by the Democrat Party establishment, I believed from the beginning that the DNC would kneecap Kennedy by contorting the rules to make an intraparty challenge to Biden impossible. Indeed they did exactly that.

Having briefly left the Republican Party myself in 2012 to support Libertarian Party candidate Governor Gary Johnson when the Republicans nominated corporatist robber baron and RINO Mitt Romney, I was painfully aware of how difficult, man-power-intensive, complicated, expensive, technical, and legally perilous a minor party or independent candidacy for president is. I thought RFK's prospects as an independent were not viable - at the same time noting the enormous amount of grassroots activity and optimism about the country's future that his campaign generated.

I also recognized - based on what turned out to be an incorrect premise that RFK would steal a disproportionate number of voter from their nominee - that the Democrats would spend whatever was necessary to legally challenge RFK's access to the ballot in virtually every jurisdiction. The Democrats used smear tactics and unbridled lawfare in their efforts to derail any candidacy by RFK.

However, more recent polling showed, contrary to that popular assumption, that RFK's votes came disproportionally from Trump, at least in the seven swing states. It should be noted that there is a small percentage of Kennedy voters who were drawn to the process by his candidacy and may not have voted for any other candidate. Whether RFK can convert these now to Trump voters remains to be seen, but the overwhelming number of RFK voters will go to Trump.

I believe that there are two reasons why RFK was pulling more from Trump than the Democrats:

First, the mainstream media blackout of Kennedy's candidacy meant that RFK got a disproportionate amount of coverage from conservative-leaning and alternative media. When either broadcast or cable networks covered RFK, their coverage was negative and even when he was interviewed, they had the audacity to edit his interviews.

Secondly, his anti-war in Ukraine, his demands to seal the border, and anti-censorship positions featured in that coverage made him somewhat attractive to people who would otherwise be Trump voters. Kennedy spent virtually no time discussing his position on abortion or climate change.

RFK's articulately expressed belief that elements of the government, including the CIA were involved in the murder of both his uncle and his father, demonstrated that he had a deep distrust of the same Deep State that sought to undermine Trump in the Russian collusion hoax, impeach him, and now jail him.

RFK gave a fascinating interview to Mike Tyson, which incredibly YouTube moved quickly to remove from the internet, in which he confirmed all of my suspicions and research surrounding the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy Sr. on the very night of his greatest political triumph; victory in the 1968 California Democrat primary.

In fact, however, Robert Kennedy Jr.'s form of classic liberalism is a throwback to the politics of both his uncle John F. Kennedy and his father Senator Robert Kennedy. Both were ardent anti-communists. JFK enacted across the board tax cuts and favored a silver-backed dollar. They were champions of working people and the middle class—so different than today's Democrats.

JFK ran to Vice President Richard Nixon's right in 1960, favoring both a big defense buildup and a harder line against Castro's Cuba. Revisionist history calls the Kennedy brothers "liberals," when, in fact, they were despised by party liberals like Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, and Joseph Rauh.

John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were both elected to the House in 1946 and were the low men on the House Labor Committee. After Nixon's successful exposure of communist spy Alger Hiss, Jack Kennedy delivered a campaign contribution to Nixon from Ambassador Joe Kennedy, for Nixon's 1950 race for the U.S. Senate against Hellen Gahagen Douglas.

Indeed, the Kennedys were fierce anti-communists and supporters of personal freedom.

To his credit, RFK Jr. elevated the issue of health freedom through his reasoned critique of vaccinations, as well as the chronic disease epidemic, making Americans, particularly children, obese and sick. RFK has correctly identified the poisoning of our food as the root cause of this illness.

It ultimately became clear that RFK's candidacy hurt Trump more than it did any Democrat. I will admit criticizing his view on abortion and climate change based on this concern.

Polling released by Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio proves, indisputably, that Trump benefits in the swing states from Kennedy's withdraw from the race:

To his credit, RFK has already elevated discussion of important, but largely overlooked, issues in the 2024 presidential race, including the lack of affordable housing, the disappearance of the middle class, and the poisoning of our food. America can only benefit from Kennedy being an effective advocate on these issues within the Trump circle.

In an interview with Dr. Phil last weekend, Kennedy said that he would actively campaign for Trump. Former Democrat Congresswoman and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard confirmed that she would also be taking to the stump on behalf of the Trump-Vance ticket. These are the beginnings of a political realignment in America, forging a new majority coalition that includes Republicans, independents, libertarians, and classical liberals.

Kennedy's endorsement of Trump is more than just a political statement—it is the beginning of a new national unity movement anchored in common sense. Any uptick in the fortunes of the Harris-Walz ticket were ended by the seismic shift of RFK - from Trump critic to Trump ally. Other than the forced withdraw of President Joe Biden from the race, Kennedy's endorsement of Trump followed by the endorsement of Tulsi Gabbard are the most significant developments in the 2024 presidential contest and may provide the key elements of victory.