As we told you yesterday, Robert Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump, all while heaping a healthy dose of criticism on the Democrats for "abandoning democracy" while holding a phony circus in Chicago this week.
The rest of the Kennedy family was furious with RFK Jr.'s decision.
Roseanne Barr put it this way:
I haven’t seen the Kennedy’s this upset since Chappaquiddick
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) August 24, 2024
And back in 1969 the family was upset for all the wrong reasons. They were more concerned about the family name and Ted's political future than the life of the young woman he left to drown in Poucha Pond that night.
As it turns out, RFK Jr.'s endorsement of Donald Trump has triggered many members of the Kennedy family.
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A few Kennedy family members -- RFK Jr.'s siblings -- even signed off on a statement that contains irony so thick you'd need a diamond tipped drill to cut through it:
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— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 23, 2024
Five of Robert Kennedy Jr’s siblings have issued a statement on their brother’s decision to endorse Donald Trump:
“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and…
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
— Rory Kennedy (@roryekennedy) August 23, 2024
I'm just happy I wasn't sipping coffee when the "Kennedy family values" part popped up. Does the younger generation of Kennedys know anything about the older generation of Kennedys?
“Kennedy Family Values” would make a great movie, zero chance that thing’s getting anything less than NC-17 https://t.co/dPbB7GqsDF
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) August 23, 2024
If RFK Jr. would have driven his car off a bridge and left a lady there to drown but remained a Democrat they’d still have his back, but to endorse a Republican is unconscionable and unforgivable to those same people.
What a vile statement from you and your family. On the other hand, your brother's speech was inspirational.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 23, 2024
You guys are absolute scumbags. Treating a family member this way for having different political views. Gross. https://t.co/GjIFHO7qGK
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 23, 2024
The statement said the Kennedy family stands up for "individual freedom," NOT counting the freedom to endorse somebody who isn't a Democrat. Haven't those Kennedys heard Harris' running mate Tim Walz reminding everybody to "mind your own damn business"?
He spoke about peace and prosperity … you just told the world you oppose those simple things.
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 23, 2024
And ironically you think you’re the good guys. https://t.co/gHb5lXCfpv
Earlier I got a reply that sums up what really troubles the Kennedy kin:
They're just jealous that RFK Jr. is relevant and absolutely no one knows who the f-ck any of the rest of them are.
— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) August 24, 2024
Bingo.
Also maybe they're worried that the old silver spoon might soon start to wear very thin.
