{"id":1960679,"date":"2023-06-29T17:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-democratic-party-has-lost-its-way-rfk-jr-says-at-chicago-town-hall\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T17:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T21:09:56","slug":"the-democratic-party-has-lost-its-way-rfk-jr-says-at-chicago-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-democratic-party-has-lost-its-way-rfk-jr-says-at-chicago-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. claims Democratic Party has strayed at Chicago Town Hall."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-democratic-party-has-lost-its-way-rfk-jr-says-at-chicago-town-hall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0629\/5acae9d6-7b45-4994-b06f-88227009629c\/audio.mp3?length=6538221&#038;duration=545\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the early stages of his 2024 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gained support from a broad spectrum of voters, leading to speculation that he could run as a Republican or an Independent. But at a Chicago town hall on July 28, the environmental attorney and Children\u2019s Health Defense founder from one of America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-democratic-party-has-lost-its-way-rfk-jr-says-at-chicago-town-hall\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. claims Democratic Party has strayed at Chicago Town Hall.\">foremost political dynasty families<\/a> said that will not happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Democrat. This is who I am,\u201d Kennedy told NewsNation host and town hall moderator Elizabeth Vargas. \u201cThis is my identity, but I want my party back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he is running for president because he believes his party \u201chas lost its way\u201d and he wants to \u201cremind the Democratic Party of what we are supposed to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the values that Kennedy believes have been lost are \u201ca focus on the middle class and labor, the well-being of minorities, a focus on the environment, civil liberties, and freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s town hall appearance was well-timed, coming only hours after President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cInvesting in America\u201d tour stop in Chicago to discuss \u201cBidenomics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was Kennedy\u2019s first town hall with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-to-cbc-freedom-trucker-rallying-cry-a-slippery-concept\/\" title=\"\u2018Experts\u2019 To CBC: \u2018Freedom,\u2019 Trucker Rallying Cry, A \u2018Slippery Concept\u2019\">national news network<\/a>, with an audience that included Democrats or Independents who are leaning Democratic. Additional audiences, watching the event in New Hampshire and South Carolina, also contributed questions.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago will host the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19\u201322, when the party will announce its 2024 presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5330223\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/13\/id5330223-RFK-GettyImages-1495440460-e1686673260848-1200x1200.jpeg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits \u201cThe Faulkner Focus\u201d at Fox News Channel Studios on June 02, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>No Help From the DNC<\/h2>\n<p>Kennedy isn\u2019t expected to get help from the Democratic National Committee, whose members voted at their winter meeting earlier this year to give Biden their full support.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, political strategists believe Kennedy is unlikely to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Kennedy has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-trump-comeback-no-one-is-talking-about\/\" title=\"The Trump Comeback No One Is Talking About\">highest net favorability<\/a> of all 2024 presidential candidates, a recent poll from The Economist\/YouGov reported.<\/p>\n<p>In the early stages of his campaign, he is receiving support from some progressives, moderates, conservatives, independents, and Libertarians.<\/p>\n<p>Backing from those who are not left-leaning is also mounting because Kennedy differs from Biden and progressive Democrats on multiple issues.<\/p>\n<p>At the town hall, Kennedy\u2019s answers to questions about issues reflected stances that are not tied to one party.<\/p>\n<p>An audience member who is the son of a Mexican immigrant asked Kennedy how he would address immigration. Kennedy said that he doesn\u2019t think it is possible to get an immigration reform package through Congress until the United States can seal the border.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate said that, initially, he was not in favor of former President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall. But after seeing the border first-hand in Arizona earlier this month, Kennedy changed his mind. He said there is a need for increased infrastructure and technology at the border, including more segments of a physical wall, and sensors in areas where a wall isn\u2019t feasible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigration is good for our country, but this kind of immigration is unfair to everybody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>About gun control, Kennedy said, \u201cI do not believe that, within that Second Amendment, there is anything we can meaningfully do to reduce the trade and the ownership of guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who tells you that they\u2019re going to reduce gun violence through gun control at this point, I don\u2019t think is being realistic,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we have to think about other ways to reduce that violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy did note that he would sign an assault weapons ban if he were president and the legislation was placed on his desk. During the town hall, he also said \u201cthere will be nobody in the Oval Office who is more supportive of LGBTQ rights than I am\u201d and that he would legalize marijuana and psychedelic drugs\u2014all points that many Democrats favor.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the rising cost of living, Kennedy said, \u201cInflation is not going to be reduced overnight. What we need to do is stop spending money on things that we can\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re, you know, we\u2019re borrowing billions of dollars today from the Chinese and the Japanese in order to fund the debt,\u201d he said. \u201cDebt this year is gonna cost us $660 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re spending $130 billion just in the Ukraine. The entire budget at the CDC is 12 billion.,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2>De-Escalating the War in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Kennedy has called for de-escalating the war in Ukraine. He explained that he is sympathetic to the Ukrainian cause, and added that Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the country illegally, but he chastised the role of the United States in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have neglected many, many opportunities to settle this war peacefully,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cWe have turned that nation into a proxy war between Russia and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Russia has \u201ca legitimate concern about us moving NATO i<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his 2024 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. garnered diverse support, fueling rumors of a potential Republican or Independent candidacy. However, during a Chicago town hall on July 28, the environmental attorney and Children&#8217;s Health Defense founder clarified his political affiliation, putting an end to speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":1960680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}