Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of the late Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, expressed firm disapproval of her brother Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent choice to halt his independent presidential campaign and throw his support behind former President Donald Trump.
I am sharing a personal statement that my family and I have made in response to my brother’s announcement. pic.twitter.com/j7vTTabNYZ
— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) August 23, 2024
Fox News’s Tammy Bruce issued an open letter to Kerry Kennedy in response to her personal statement.
An open letter to Kerry Kennedy:
You people are awful. Despite your family's checkered past and horrible behavior of so many of the men, Americans have stood with you out of loyalty, sentimentality, and too often, grief. Despite the questionable establishment of your family's… https://t.co/Jff5WtVUc9— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) August 24, 2024
“You people are awful. Despite your family’s checkered past and horrible behavior of so many of the men, Americans have stood with you out of loyalty, sentimentality, and too often, grief. Despite the questionable establishment of your family’s wealth, the treatment of Marilyn Monroe, the general womanizing, the abandonment of Mary Jo Kopechne to her death, allegations of rape, one could go on and on, but the point is your family has stayed loyal and protective of family members who have done the most appalling of things. But the moment one of your own acts on his conscience for this country you attempt to throw him to the wolves and publicly condemn him. Never a word for the trail of abused or abandoned women left behind by a Kennedy, but because one of your men supports Trump in an effort to make the lives of Americans better, that alone is beyond the pale. In your ugly treatment of your brother you reveal the rot that has broken the hearts of the American people so many times over the years. Beyond that, the economic destruction of American families is something your family would never truly understand. You are not touched by the worry about having enough gas to get to work, or whether or not you can afford eggs this week, if you’ll be safe walking your own neighborhood, or if your child will be safe in their urban public school or even if they will know how to read and write while collecting their diploma. You keep doing civil rights work and public service virtue signaling. But in the meantime, make a pledge to not keep doing damage as Americans are simply looking for a way to reclaim their own futures, the safety of their families, and knowing that maybe, just maybe, they can leave their children a little better off w a future they can rely on. The condition of this country should shock everyone, even if their name is Kennedy. We know it at least shocks one of you who, like us, has had enough of the fear and hopelessness assigned to us for generations. Americans are happy to see Bobby on our side as we refuse to comply and will not go gentle into the catastrophes to which we are expected to succumb. Instead, with Trump and all who join us, we will fight, fight, fight!” – Tammy Bruce
Jen Psaki of MSNBC invited Kerry Kennedy onto her show to criticize her brother and Donald Trump. Kerry voiced her disappointment, likening her brother’s actions to “setting fire to my father’s memory.”
During the interview, Psaki probed Kennedy on her motivations for speaking out, to which she replied, “You know, I think this is really, the stakes this November couldn’t be any higher, which is exactly why my whole family will be fighting so hard to re-elect (it’s elect, not re-elect) Kamala Harris and Coach Waltz (it’s Walz, not Waltz), who have been champions for the values that my family has fought for for years. Donald Trump is the polar opposite. He is a threat to the most basic freedoms that are core to who we are as Americans.”
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She further detailed her repudiation of Trump’s alleged actions and character, describing them as antithetical to her father’s legacy. “His rape of E. Jean Carroll, his contempt for the poor and suffering, for ethics, democracy, and healing. His cruel sneering at human rights for suffering people in America and around the world. And these are the causes that were loved so passionately by the real Robert Kennedy,” Kennedy explained.
Kerry Kennedy’s sharp rebuke extended to her brother’s political maneuvers, openly criticizing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alignment with Trump as a betrayal of their father’s values. “So, I am outraged and disgusted by my brother’s gaudy and obscene embrace of Donald Trump. And I completely disavow, and separate, and dissociate myself from Robert Kennedy Jr. and his flagrant and inexplicable effort to desecrate and trample and set fire to my father’s memory,” she declared.
The interview brought to light the significant divisions within the Kennedy family regarding political loyalties and their patriarch’s legacy. It underscored the emotional and political impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s shift towards supporting Trump.
Many users on X did not hold back on calling Kerry out.
Some sister she is…
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) August 26, 2024
I am so confused. She should be upset her brother wasn’t given the proper protection or opportunities that come with running for office. The beauty is this just wakes people up to how corrupt the left has truly become when you push agenda over the life of a family member
— Mr30Below (@mr30below) August 26, 2024
Well thats disgusting
RFK wanted Kamala to embrace his concerns about poison in foods and medicines…she would not even meet with him
RFK talked to Trump and they hit off and Trump rightly agrees.
So getting all pissy at rfk is misplaced
— MagaMegalodon (@MegladonMa52673) August 26, 2024
The media thinks giving angry elitists throwing temper tantrums a platform, reinforces their (the media) opinion as credible, when it really only illustrates how out of touch, and inside an insulated bubble that they all are living in. They are pathetic small people.
— Trouble (@Mike_Trouble13) August 26, 2024
Her uncle and her father were staunch anti-Communists. Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro would tell you so, if they were still alive. Yet, the Kennedy’s today are supporting Kamala who touts Marxist ideology and Walz who touts Maoist ideology. Kamala is proposing price controls…
— Ricardus Rex (@RicardusRex) August 26, 2024
Once they have TDS it seems like they will have it for life. Almost like a spirit that has sat upon them.
— Randy Scott (@RandyScottPA) August 26, 2024
