- “I can make the argument that President Biden is the far worse threat to democracy,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett
- Kennedy argued that his supporters would not let the election go Trump’s way
- He acknowledged that some family members did not support his campaign
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy argued Monday that President Joe Biden posed a greater threat to democracy than former President Donald J. Trump, challenging a key narrative of Democrats in the 2024 election.
Kennedy spoke about his independent run for president with CNN’s Erin Burnett, a rare one primetime opportunity for the candidate who continues to follow the interest of voters who are unhappy with the options of President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump for president.
“I can make the argument that President Biden is the far worse threat to democracy, and the reason for that is that President Biden is the first candidate in history — the first president in history to use federal agencies to suppress political speech.” censor, so as to censor his opponent,” he said.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign rally
He acknowledged that Trump’s efforts to overturn the election were a threat to democracy and “terrible,” but that Biden’s efforts to censor his political opponents were far worse.
“The greatest threat to democracy is not someone who questions election results, but a President of the United States who has used the power of his office to force social media companies, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, to open a portal and access it to provide a portal. to the FBI, the CIA, to the IRS… to censor his political critics,” Kennedy said.
Ultimately, Kennedy revisited his claims that both the 2000 and 2004 elections were “stolen” and that it was wrong to demonize people who questioned the election results.
“People who say the election was stolen… we shouldn’t make pariahs out of those people. We shouldn’t demonize them. We should not vilify them. What we should be doing is saying, let’s all come together, Republicans and Democrats, and improve the election system,” he said.
Burnett played a CNN interview with Kennedy’s sister Rory Kennedy and asked him to respond to her concerns that Kennedy would undermine Biden’s reelection campaign.
Kennedy responded to family members who opposed his decision to run as an independent candidate
A recent survey from DailyMail.com/JL Partners shows that Kennedy attracted nine percent of Biden supporters who voted for him in 2020.
Kennedy acknowledged that some of his family members did not support his presidential campaign, but said this was normal.
“I have a big family, about 105 cousins at the last time we counted,” Kennedy said. “I have a big family. I don’t know anyone in America who has a family that agrees with him on everything.”
He said he would continue to love and appreciate his family members, even those who actively spoke out against him.
“We could disagree on things, and we could disagree on passion and information, but we still loved each other. And I love Rory. I love my family. “I feel loved by them,” he said.
Former President Donald Trump has praised Kennedy in the past but described him as a radical leftist
Democrats are concerned that Kennedy will take votes away from President Biden in close swing states
Kennedy disputed the argument that his presence in the race would only help Trump win, claiming that voters who supported him were discouraged from voting in the first place.
He said he was running a populist campaign based on ideals that was not intended to demonize the other candidate but rather to tackle some of the toughest issues facing Americans.
“I don’t think President Trump or President Biden will solve the debt crisis in this country, which is existential. “I don’t think either of them will get us out of foreign wars, out of this addiction to perpetual wars,” he said.
