{"id":2011034,"date":"2023-08-24T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-gop-debate-was-out-of-sync-with-the-mood-of-the-country\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T20:18:22","slug":"rfk-jr-says-gop-debate-was-out-of-sync-with-the-mood-of-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-gop-debate-was-out-of-sync-with-the-mood-of-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. claims GOP debate didn&#8217;t match the country&#8217;s mood."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Frfk-jr-says-gop-debate-was-out-of-sync-with-the-mood-of-the-country%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=2011034&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Running \u2064on a platform that is centered on \u201chealing the divide,\u201d 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chastised Republicans \u2064who participated in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-and-joe-biden-caused-the-border-crisis\/\" title=\"How Democrats And Joe Biden Caused The Border Crisis\">presidential primary debate<\/a> for \u2064their on-stage conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Minus former President\u200c Donald Trump,\u200b who opted for an\u200d interview with Tucker Carlson instead of attending the debate, eight Republicans\u2064 seeking the party\u2019s 2024 presidential nomination took the stage in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured an array of heated exchanges, many of which included \u2062Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,\u2062 entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former South\u2064 Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, \u2063and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gop-debate-ramaswamy-praised-for-bringing-up-epidemic-of-fatherlessness-5479943\">GOP\u2063 Debate:\u2062 Ramaswamy Praised For Bringing\u200d Up \u2018Epidemic of Fatherlessness\u2019<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/24\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gop-debate-ramaswamy-praised-for-bringing-up-epidemic-of-fatherlessness-5479943\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-reacts-to-gop-debate-with-harsh-words-for-some-candidates-5479935\">Trump Reacts to GOP\u200b Debate \u2064With Harsh Words for Some Candidates<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/24\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-reacts-to-gop-debate-with-harsh-words-for-some-candidates-5479935\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. \u200dKennedy, who finished a town hall in Richmond, Virginia, an hour before\u200d the debate started, later released \u200ba \u2064statement with his reaction to the\u2063 debate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to a crowd \u200dat a town hall in Richmond, Va., on\u2062 Aug. 23, 2023. (Jeff Louderback\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Response to Debate<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe GOP debate last night was out \u2063of sync \u200bwith the mood of the\u2062 country,\u201d Mr. Kennedy said in \u200chis \u200cstatement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u200b began with a request for comment \u200bon Oliver\u200d Anthony\u2019s \u2062song, \u2018Rich Men \u200cNorth of Richmond.&#8217; Now\u200d that is\u2063 an extraordinary \u2063song\u2014raw, yet intelligent; defiant, yet compassionate. It\u2019s about working-class hardship. It is about low wages. &#8230; It\u2019s about degraded food supply, elite corruption, obesity, homelessness, despair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe candidates could have \u200ctalked\u2063 about these things. But they said nothing about the desperation and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-gop-debate-was-out-of-sync-with-the-mood-of-the-country\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. claims GOP debate didn't match the country's mood.\">hardship working people face<\/a> in this country. They said nothing\u200c about wages, housing costs, food costs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-propose-massive-tax-cut-for-rich-in-budget-deal\/\" title=\"Dems Propose Massive Tax Cut for Rich in Budget Deal\">child care costs<\/a>, and medical\u200b costs, or \u2062what we can do\u2062 about it. They\u200c said \u200cnothing about the systemic corruption that enriches corporations\u200c and the elites\u200b as swaths of the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">middle class<\/a> \u200cfall into poverty,&#8221; Mr. Kennedy\u2063 added.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates chose to use &#8220;recycled Reagan-era cliches&#8221;\u200b about issues\u2064 like cutting spending; being tough on \u200ccrime, \u2064drugs, and China; and ending abortion, \u2064Mr. Kennedy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy criticized the participants for being &#8220;obsessed \u200bwith America&#8217;s adversaries&#8221; but not recognizing &#8220;how our policies \u2064have been deliberately\u2063 constructed to create adversaries and \u2062enrich the defense industry while bankrupting the nation,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates \u200cwere also &#8220;obsessed&#8221; \u2062with closing the border, an issue with which Mr. Kennedy said he agrees, but they &#8220;have no proposals to expand legal immigration or address the\u200b conditions that drive \u200dmigration,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy also called out the debate \u200dparticipants regarding their insistence\u2063 on cutting spending \u200bbut offering\u200b &#8220;no innovative proposals to address the \u200cdecay of \u200dour infrastructure, wages, and environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He noted \u200dthat they want to increase military\u2064 spending.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our nation deserves\u200c better than posturing\u2064 and bickering masquerading as debate. Instead \u200dof arguing,\u2064 we can tap into the swelling popular\u200d will to turn this country \u2062around,\u201d Mr. Kennedy added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver Anthony has tapped\u200d into something \u2062that can unify our \u2063nation.\u200c Nearly\u200b everyone\u2064 wants \u200dto reverse our decline, to end the corruption, \u200dto rebuild from the inside. Let\u2019s talk\u200d about how to \u200cdo that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;A Peaceful \u200bInsurgency&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy, who entered the\u2063 2024 presidential race in\u2063 April to challenge President \u200dJoe Biden, has \u2063called\u200b his campaign a \u200c\u201cpeaceful insurgency.\u201d His stop in Richmond concluded \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rfk-jr-believes-trump-biden-should-participate-in-debates\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. insists Trump, Biden must join debates.\">town hall tour<\/a>\u200b to multiple cities in \u2063South Carolina,\u200d which is\u2062 set to lead off the 2024 Democrat presidential primary season in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u200b talking about issues\u200d that I \u2064think most Americans and probably most Democrats are concerned about, which is\u200d the systematic gutting of the middle class,\u201d Mr. \u200cKennedy told\u2062 The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged \u200dthat there\u2064 are Republican voters who \u2062disagree\u2063 with \u2063his pro-choice\u2062 stance on abortion and Democrat\u200d voters who disagree with his commitment to secure the\u2064 southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect people who have different points of view,\u200c and for\u2063 people who say that \u2018it&#8217;s the\u200b only \u2064issue that I care about,\u2019 they will likely vote \u200bfor someone else because\u200b of my beliefs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most Americans\u2064 have a range of issues\u2064 they&#8217;re concerned about, and they&#8217;re mostly concerned about the current state of our \u200ccountry and\u200d the direction\u200c it is heading, and they want somebody\u200d who&#8217;s \u200bgoing to listen to them,\u201d Mr. Kennedy \u2064noted. &#8220;I\u2062 will talk to people regardless \u2062of their \u200cviews\u200d and will assure them that\u2064 I\u2062 will listen \u200cto them, \u2063even \u200dif they don\u2019t vote for\u2064 me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy has frequently criticized the Biden\u200b administration\u2019s response to the war in Ukraine, saying that\u200c it\u200c is \u2063one \u200dof the root causes of America\u2019s\u200c current economic \u2062problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of\u200b the big problems we have in our federal government is\u2064 the \u2063addiction\u200d to war,\u201d Mr. Kennedy\u200d said at a town hall stop\u2062 in Greenville, South Carolina. \u201cPresident Biden went \u2062to<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Democrat candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized Republicans in the first primary debate for their behavior. Excluding Donald Trump, who chose an interview with Tucker Carlson over the debate, eight GOP contenders aimed to secure their party&#8217;s nomination. 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