According to the AP, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recognized on Sunday that over twelve of his relatives had endorsed Democratic President Biden, but he expressed no resentment over the political division among the family. Following a comedy concert in a Detroit suburb to support his candidacy, Kennedy stated of his family, "Some of them do not like the fact that I am running." Kennedy was responding to his sister's and other family members' endorsements last week, a move by the Biden campaign that indicates how seriously the president's team is taking a long-shot candidate using his last name's lingering Democratic magic to siphon support from the incumbent. Kennedy launched an independent presidential bid last year after first challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination.
Kennedy continued, saying Sunday night that the practice taught him how to respectfully disagree with people he loves about without taking it personally. He then described family arguments that he said his father arranged among his kids. "I debated them with information and passion and not to hate each other because we disagreed with each other," he said. "I love my family, either way." Kennedy spoke in Michigan last week, when the campaign gained entry to the general election ballot. He brought up Biden's bust of JFK in the Oval Office and his family' present employment in both the Biden administration and his own presidential campaign.
Kennedy continued, saying Sunday night that the practice taught him how to respectfully disagree with people he loves about without taking it personally. He then described family arguments that he said his father arranged among his kids. "I debated them with information and passion and not to hate each other because we disagreed with each other," he said. "I love my family, either way." Kennedy spoke in Michigan last week, when the campaign gained entry to the general election ballot. He brought up Biden's bust of JFK in the Oval Office and his family' present employment in both the Biden administration and his own presidential campaign.
