{"id":2064537,"date":"2023-10-12T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supporters-react-to-rfk-jr-s-independent-run-for-president\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T08:53:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:53:49","slug":"supporters-react-to-rfk-jr-s-independent-run-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supporters-react-to-rfk-jr-s-independent-run-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporters respond to RFK Jr.&#8217;s independent presidential bid."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsupporters-react-to-rfk-jr-s-independent-run-for-president%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=2064537&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>PHILADELPHIA, Pa.\u2014Hundreds of people gathered in America\u2019s birthplace on \u200dOct. 9 to support former Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he declared himself\u2064 an independent candidate for president.<\/p>\n<p>Standing in front of the National Constitution\u200c Center, Mr. Kennedy told an enthusiastic crowd, &#8220;<strong>I&#8217;m here to declare myself an independent \u200ccandidate.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Pausing to let the applause die down, he continued: &#8220;<strong>But that&#8217;s not all. I&#8217;m here to join you \u200cin making a new Declaration of Independence for our entire nation.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/rfk-jr-sees-surge-in-fundraising-after-declaring-independent-run-5507957?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>RFK\u200d Jr. Sees Surge in Fundraising After Declaring Independent Run<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/rfk-jr-sees-surge-in-fundraising-after-declaring-independent-run-5507957?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-depth-voters-compare-rfk-jr-s-strong-stance-against-covid-vaccines-to-trumps-silence-5507014?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>RFK Jr.\u2019s Strong Stance \u2063Against COVID Vaccines Appeals to Some Trump Voters<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/10\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/in-depth-voters-compare-rfk-jr-s-strong-stance-against-covid-vaccines-to-trumps-silence-5507014?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy then listed a litany\u200b of things from which\u200c he will declare independence as he runs for the nation&#8217;s highest office: big corporations, Wall Street, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Agriculture, military contractors and lobbyists,\u200b and the &#8220;mercenary media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further, he said: &#8220;<strong>We declare independence from the cynical elites who betray our hope and who amplify our divisions. And finally, we declare independence from the two \u2064political parties \u200band the \u2063corrupt interests that dominate them, and the entire rigged system of rancor, of rage, of corruption, of lies, that has turned government officials into indentured servants for \u2064their corporate bosses.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    The crowd cheered and waved the campaign&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Declare Your Independence<\/strong>&#8221; signs as Mr. Kennedy spoke. A few of them spoke with The Epoch Times about\u200d why they support the candidate.<\/p>\n<h2>School Teacher: \u2018Healing the Divide\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>    Patrick Brown is a schoolteacher from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He came to hear Mr. Kennedy speak, he said, because &#8220;<strong>He&#8217;s a unifier. A message of\u200b union and healing the \u200cdivide from the right and the left. That\u2019s why believe in him.<\/strong>&#8221;\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:626px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>School \u2062teacher Patrick Brown from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. (Lily \u200cSun\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Brown said he \u2063likes Mr. Kennedy&#8217;s \u200b&#8221;<strong>willingness to look to both\u200d sides, his willingness to look for information \u2064before making a decision.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>He is\u2063 nonpartisan. And of course, antiwar and \u2064pro-freedom, pro-health, pro-farmers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-california-water-official-quits-blames-newsom-administration\/\" title=\"Leftist California Water Official Quits, Blames Newsom Administration\">small family farms<\/a>. It\u200d was a lot of good with him.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Brown expressed his appreciation for\u2062 what\u2063 Mr. Kennedy is doing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u2064  \u201cThank you for what you&#8217;re doing. Thank you for putting yourself out there. It\u200c must be very, very difficult. So, I \u2064felt the least I could do is drive a couple \u2063hours there to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Realtor: \u2018We All Need More Unity\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>    \u201cI&#8217;m here to support. I love \u200bPresident Trump. But I also love Bobby Kennedy. I love \u2062their ideology. They want\u2063 unity. That&#8217;s\u2063 what we need,\u201d realtor Megan Heaton told The Epoch Times after Mr. Kennedy\u2019s speech.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>She wore a baseball cap labeled \u2063&#8221;<strong>1776.<\/strong>&#8221; She said she is proud to live in Philadelphia, \u201cwhere it all\u2062 started: 1776, the Constitution, &#8216;we the people.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, it doesn&#8217;t need to be about the two-party system, \u2062right or left. We\u2064 need to be about what the policies are \u200dand what&#8217;s really right for the\u200c people. And right now, we need\u2014more than ever\u2014unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:625px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Realtor Megan Heaton (Lily Sun\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe message \u200bthat he&#8217;s giving \u2063is unity \u2063and [about] the people that come together. It&#8217;s \u2064not about race.\u200b It&#8217;s not about divide,\u201d Ms. Heaton said. \u201cAnd more than ever, \u2064with everything going on \u200cand today&#8217;s events, we all need more unity, and more love\u2064 and more respect for one \u200banother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Donald Trump too, and that&#8217;s okay. That&#8217;s the purpose of today. He\u2062 even said in \u200chis speech,\u2063 it&#8217;s not\u2062 about left and right &#8230; You can like somebody for who they are &#8230; People get caught up into the \u2062left, \u200dthe right, red and blue, way too much. It doesn&#8217;t need to be that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, she said, we&#8217;re all human beings, with more that unites us than divides \u200cus: \u201cWe\u200d all have \u200bthe same ideology, and \u200bwe want our kids to\u2064 be safe. We want to \u200blive in a safe place. It&#8217;s not about\u2063 divide and\u2063 conquer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    Regarding Mr. Kennedy&#8217;s chances of winning, Ms. Heaton replied: \u201cI think only time will tell.\u2064 We&#8217;re gonna find out [over] \u200cthe next year how everything&#8217;s \u2062gonna play out.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Student: Time to Get Past the Two-Party System<\/h2>\n<p>    Kyle Baker is a history major at Rowan University in neighboring New\u2064 Jersey.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI support Robert Kennedy \u2063just because I believe that \u2063it&#8217;s time that we get past the two-party system. We&#8217;re so \u200cdivided with almost every issue in America,\u201d Mr. Baker said. \u201cIt&#8217;s definitely time\u200b that we start building \u2062a better way of life \u200bfor everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:626px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Kyle Baker, a history major at New Jersey&#8217;s Rowan University. (Lily Sun\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Kennedy mentioned his father, Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, in his speech. The candidate&#8217;s distinguished family history leads Mr. Baker to believe he\u200c is a good fit for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe comes from a &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supporters-react-to-rfk-jr-s-independent-run-for-president\/\" title=\"Supporters respond to RFK Jr.'s independent presidential bid.\">historical political family<\/a>, and he knows\u200b what pitfalls to avoid, and how to be a successful and professional candidate for his voters and for the citizens that may not even vote for him,\u201d Mr. Baker said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    The history student hopes Mr. Kennedy can make his vision \u200cof America come\u200c true: \u200b\u201cI want one that&#8217;s united, that stands \u200cfor exactly what the Constitution is. I want one \u2064that&#8217;s liberty and justice for all and [where] we respect the rights of all of our citizens.\u201d<br \/>\n \u2064  \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018We&#8217;re \u200bAll Together. We&#8217;re All Americans.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>    \u200d   Meg Holden drove from Delaware to support Mr. Kennedy. \u201cI&#8217;m a\u200b big fan of Bobby. \u2064And I think this is exactly what we need: just to bring everybody \u2062together,\u201d she said.\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:622px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Meg Holden drove from Delaware\u200d to\u2064 support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Lily Sun\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause what he says is\u200d really true\u2014that it&#8217;s not Democrats \u2062versus Republicans. We&#8217;re all\u2062 together. We&#8217;re all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    \u200b    Ms.\u2064 Holden is an architectural products coordinator with a commercial interiors firm.<\/p>\n<h2>Art Therapist: \u2018Coming \u2063from the Heart\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>    \u200b Christina Yeyel said she was touched by Mr. Kennedy\u2019s speech: \u201cI think it&#8217;s coming from the heart. And I think that&#8217;s something that we&#8217;ve been wanting to \u200chear from any kind of leader &#8230; something that actually \u200ccomes from the heart. You can see he has tears in his \u2063eyes at some points.\u201d\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:618px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Christina Yeyel said\u200c she appreciates that Mr. Kennedy&#8217;s words are &#8220;coming \u2063from the heart.&#8221; (Lily Sun\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Yeyel is a teacher\u2064 and \u2064an art therapist; she has been following Mr. Kennedy for a long time, taking particular interest in his stance on vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne can feel \u200cthere&#8217;s a genuine human \u200dbeing behind him. And I hope\u200b that \u00a0&#8230; everyone who&#8217;s wanting a better world can connect with that\u2064 place in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>    Ms. Yeyel said she \u2064expects Mr. Kennedy to \u201cfight against the military-industrial complex, and the CIA, typically\u201d if he wins.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I Aligned With All His Views\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>    \u2062 \u201cI&#8217;m\u200b here today because the Democratic Party is not even giving him a chance,\u201d\u2063 Sarah Pacelli told The Epoch Times before Mr. Kennedy\u2019s speech. The stay-at-home mom said: \u200d\u201cI \u200baligned with all his \u200dviews\u2014his views on war, his views on \u200cthe environment, \u200chis\u200d views on making our children healthier, keeping us safer. And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m here to show my \u200csupport.\u201d\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Pacelli said she had been expecting Mr. Kennedy to announce his run as an independent or a libertarian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:625px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Stay-at-home mom Sarah Pacelli says she supports the \u200ccandidate&#8217;s views on \u200c&#8221;making our children \u2063healthier.&#8221; (Lily Sun\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> According to \u200cBrown, why \u2062is\u200d it important for a candidate to not cater to one side or the other in PAA<\/h2>\n<p><span>  And doesn&#8217;t just cater to\u2064 one side or the other,&#8221; Brown added.<\/p>\n<p>Another supporter, Melissa Davis, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appeals-to-small-business-in-expanded-bidenomics-pitch\/\" title=\"Biden targets small businesses in expanded Bidenomics pitch.\">small business \u2062owner<\/a> from Philadelphia. She \u200cbelieves Mr. Kennedy is the right choice because &#8220;<strong>he&#8217;s not beholden to anyone. He&#8217;s not owned by the corporations or the special interests. He&#8217;s truly independent and\u2062 will fight for the people.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Davis also emphasized the importance of\u200c transparency in government and said,\u200b &#8220;<strong>Robert Kennedy Jr. has a track record of \u200bstanding up against corruption and fighting for justice. That&#8217;s the kind of leader we need.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-meta-data\">\n<p>    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta-component\">\n<div class=\"post-meta-info post-meta-info-published\">\n<div class=\"published-label\">Published:<\/div>\n<div class=\"published-date\">Oct. 12, 2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$--><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds gathered in Philadelphia on Oct. 9 to support Robert F. 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