Presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr is set to announce he will ditch the “corrupt” Democrat party and run as an Independent for President.
RFK Jr is set to make the announcement early in October, according to Mediaite.
Kennedy is also planning “attack ads” against the Democrat Party, which will be aired prior to his announcement.
A campaign insider for Kennedy Jr said, “Bobby feels that the DNC is changing the rules to exclude his candidacy, so an independent run is the only way to go.”
Kennedy also released a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying they would be in Philadelphia on October 9 “to make a major announcement at the very birthplace of our nation.”
“I’m not going to tell you right now exactly what that announcement will be,” he said.
“I can say, though, that if you’ve been waiting to come to one of my public events, this will be the one to come to,” he added.
“I’ll be speaking about a sea change in American politics and what your part and my part is in that change.”
“A lot of Americans who had previously given up any hope that real change would ever come through the American electoral process, have begun to find new hope in my candidacy,” he said.
“And I understand the deeply felt concern that people have about the way corruption has overtaken our government.”
Kennedy Jr blasted political parties and made it clear he would be positioning himself as an Independent.
“I want to tell you now what I’ve come to understand after six months of campaigning, there is a path to victory, the hope we are feeling isn’t some kind of trick of the mind,” he said.
“We all recognize that there’s a genuine possibility of national transformation, and its source is the goodness of the American people,” Kennedy added.
“Our government may be crooked. But our people are kind, brave, and caring.”
“So how are we going to win against the established Washington interests?” he continued.
“It’s not through playing the game by the corrupt rules that the corrupt powers and the vested interests have rigged to keep us all in their thrall,” he said.
“Instead, we’re going to have to rewrite the assumptions and change the habits of American politics.”
The news comes just over a month after RFK revealed he was denied Secret Service protection.
RFK Jr’s father was assassinated during his campaign.
Kennedy said Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told him that protection was “not warranted at this time” after numerous requests to the Department of Homeland Security-led panel.
“Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days,” Kennedy said on Twitter.
“After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request,” he added.
Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me.
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 28, 2023
Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after several…
Earlier this month, an armed man was arrested by police posing as Robert F Kennedy’s security detail at a California event where Kennedy was giving a speech.
The man, who was caught with a firearm and ammunition, was wearing two shoulder holsters and claimed he was part of Kennedy’s security team.
Kennedy praised his elite security firm, Gavin de Becker and Associates, for being able to flag the individual.
“I’m very grateful that alert and fast-acting protectors… spotted and detained an armed man who attempted to approach me at my Hispanic Heritage speech at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles tonight,” Kennedy posted on social media.
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