{"id":2060651,"date":"2023-10-09T15:17:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-switches-political-party-affiliation-from-democrat-to-independent-amid-wh-bid\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:18:27","slug":"rfk-jr-switches-political-party-affiliation-from-democrat-to-independent-amid-wh-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-switches-political-party-affiliation-from-democrat-to-independent-amid-wh-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. shifts party affiliation from Democrat to Independent during WH campaign."},"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\">24<\/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-switches-political-party-affiliation-from-democrat-to-independent-amid-wh-bid%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=2060651&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Presidential Candidate Robert \u2063F. Kennedy Jr. makes a campaign announcement at a \u200cpress\u2063 conference on October 9, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kennedy \u200bannounced he will end his Democratic primary bid \u200band\u2063 will run for\u2062 president as an independent. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>12:16 PM \u2013 Monday, October 9, 2023<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to resurrect his White\u200c House bid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u200b announced on \u200dMonday that he\u200b was leaving the Democrat Party to join the Independent Party. Additionally, he has\u200c expressed that \u200bmodern-day\u200c Democrats are not\u2064 the Democrats of the past who \u200dused to oppose war and governmental overreach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to declare myself an independent candidate,\u201d \u200bRFK\u200d Jr. told a crowd of supporters in Philadelphia.\u2064 \u201cI must\u200b declare my own independence. Independence from\u200c the Democratic Party,\u201d he said while people cheered. \u201cAnd from all\u2064 other \u200bpolitical\u2063 parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>RFK Jr., a lawyer and COVID-19 vaccine skeptic, \u200bhas \u200cformally challenged President Biden from inside the\u200d party since spring, although\u2062 he has not made much progress \u200cagainst the\u2063 incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>With \u200djust\u2063 over a year until Election Day, he may use his anti-establishment outlook to \u200dcircumvent \u2062both parties\u2019 primary\u2063 procedures and to take on Biden and former President Trump, who are the \u200bleading front-runners for\u2064 the 2024 candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Theoretically, his change of party will bring him\u200d closer to\u200b people who are dissatisfied with both major \u2062parties, partisan politics, \u2064and those who seek\u2064 an \u2064alternative to the\u200c likely Biden-Trump candidates in the November election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cPeople suspect that the divisions\u2064 are\u2064 deliberately orchestrated,\u201d RFK Jr.\u2064 said. \u2063\u201cThey\u2019re fed up with being fooled, and they\u2019re ready to take back power.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although RFK Jr. comes from \u2064a well-known\u200d liberal family, he has since removed\u200c himself from\u2062 that image, garnering far more support and financing \u2064from independents, libertarians, and conservatives than from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent \u200dhas\u200d frequently criticized the DNC, complaining about its choice to forgo debates while Biden was the\u200b expected nominee. He has also accused \u2064higher-ups and \u201ccontrollers\u201d\u2064 of the party of \u201crigging\u201d the system in the current president\u2019s favor \u2063because they know \u2064he cannot hold his own in\u2063 any real debate against opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2063 consistently forgets his train of thought while he is speaking, and he is often\u200d easily distracted, most likely due \u200bto his advanced age.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Pennsylvania event, RFK Jr.\u2019s campaign raised the possibility of a party switch\u200d if that dissatisfaction increased,\u2064 but \u2063he did not formally \u200bdeclare whether he\u200b would go to \u200cthe Independent side.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have begun \u200cto worry\u200b that \u200chis \u200ccampaign \u2064would aid Trump if he could persuade enough swing voters to support him over Biden without actually winning the election. Republicans\u200b are now \u2064asking the\u2062 same\u2064 question as well, out\u200d of\u2063 concern that he would \u200csteal enough votes from Trump to support Biden in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr.\u2019s party switch comes after\u2064 leftist professor Cornel West, another contender, announced\u2063 last week that\u200d he is now running as an Independent.\u2064 Even though he is ideologically \u2062to the left of RFK Jr. \u2063and running with the Green Party, West has expressed similar worries about what his campaign may do\u2063 to\u2062 Biden\u2019s\u2062 chances\u2062 if he\u200d were\u2063 to\u2063 face Trump.<\/p>\n<p>According to several\u2064 polls, RFK Jr.\u200c is receiving double-digit \u2063support\u200c this cycle, which indicates \u2062there is more \u200cinterest in him than other \u200cindependent or third-party \u200ccandidates. According to a recent Reuters\/Ipsos survey,  received a considerable amount of support from likely voters (14% vs. 40% \u200dfor Trump and 38% for Biden).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cPeople\u200b like \u2062yourselves are finally fed up. Something is \u2062stirring in us \u200dthat\u2064 says it doesn\u2019t\u2062 have to\u2064 be this way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>RFK Jr. also stated that he \u200bis refraining \u2063from \u201ctaking sides,\u201d which has been the guiding concept of his \u200cinsurgent\u2062 campaign. \u2064There is a \u2062different \u200droute to\u200c winning outside\u200b of the two-party system, he claimed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Join Me For A Historic \u2064Announcement\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O8a3TDaPus\">https:\/\/t.co\/O8a3TDaPus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Robert F.\u2063 Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1711410879529673166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Israel announces they are \u200bat war with Hamas \u200cand people across\u200d the nation react.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Founder and Executive Director of the Lawfare Project, Brooke Goldstein,\u2062 speaks with\u2063 One America\u2019s\u200d Stephanie Myers to discuss\u00a0the attacks against\u2063 Israel\u00a0by Hamas and \u200bthe repercussions\u2063 these surprise attacks have. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President of \u200dHighway\u200b Sixty One Entertainment, Joel Gilbert, tells One \u2064America News that Michelle Obama may be\u2062 eying a White House run in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Joe\u200d Biden, in a stunning reversal, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-and-3-sons-sentenced-after-selling-hazardous-solution-as-covid-19-cure\/\" title=\"Florida man and his three sons sentenced for selling dangerous COVID-19 \"cure\".\">bypass\u2062 numerous federal laws<\/a> to \u200bcontinue construction of \u2062former \u200bPresident Donald Trump\u2019s border wall, even after swearing to \u200dnever do so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU antitrust\u2062 regulators are \u200dasking \u2063Microsoft\u2019s users and rivals \u200cwhether Bing should comply with new \u2062tough\u2064 tech rules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares\u2064 of Arm Holdings rose 3% on Monday\u2062 after\u200c a wave of \u201cbuy\u201d ratings from Wall Street\u2064 analysts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe \u200bBiden\u2019s administration is facing pressure from some lawmakers \u2064to restrict American companies from working on a freely available chip technology widely \u2063used in \u200bChina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is exploring making its own\u200d artificial intelligence \u200dchips and is evaluating a potential \u200cacquisition target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200c does Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s departure from \u200dthe Democratic Party impact his bid for the White House as an Independent candidate?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of former \u2063Attorney General Robert F.\u200c Kennedy and a \u200bprominent political figure\u200c in his own right, has announced that he is leaving the Democratic Party to join \u200cthe\u200d Independent Party in his bid for the White House. Kennedy stated that modern-day Democrats are not\u2063 the same as they used to be, and no longer oppose war and governmental overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy made the announcement during a campaign event in Philadelphia, where he declared himself \u2063an independent candidate.\u200b He \u200bemphasized his desire to declare his own independence\u2063 from the Democratic Party and all other political parties. Kennedy, a lawyer and Covid-19 vaccine skeptic, has been challenging President Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 9, 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Presidential Candidate, declared at a press conference that he will withdraw from the Democratic primary and instead run as an independent candidate for president. 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