{"id":2252412,"date":"2024-05-24T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-woos-libertarians-by-accusing-trump-and-biden-of-trampling-on-the-constitution\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:21:02","slug":"rfk-jr-woos-libertarians-by-accusing-trump-and-biden-of-trampling-on-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-woos-libertarians-by-accusing-trump-and-biden-of-trampling-on-the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. woos libertarians by accusing Trump and Biden of trampling on the Constitution"},"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\">28<\/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-woos-libertarians-by-accusing-trump-and-biden-of-trampling-on-the-constitution%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=2252412&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-kennedy-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robert F Kennedy Jr\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. assailed both President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s records while speaking at the Libertarian National Convention on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Opening his speech lambasting the restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic under Trump, Kennedy said the former president \u201cpresided over the greatest restriction on individual liberties this country has ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t stand up for the Constitution when it really mattered,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>In a moment of levity, Kennedy joked about his \u201cbrain worm,\u201d referencing a 2012 deposition uncovered by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/us\/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html#:~:text=Several%20infectious%20disease%20experts%20and,Kennedy%20and%20were%20speaking%20generally.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York Times\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> in which Kennedy said a doctor ascribed his memory lapses to a parasite eating part of his brain and then dying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a brain worm ate that part of my memory, but I don\u2019t recall any part of the United States Constitution where there\u2019s an exemption for pandemics,\u201d Kennedy said of the restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 health emergency. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy drew applause from the crowd multiple times throughout his speech, which he centered on perceived violations of the Constitution seen under the Trump and Biden administrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Constitution isn\u2019t just a legal document, it\u2019s also an inspirational document, and that\u2019s why if you treasure your freedom, you better elect leaders who are inspired by it and who will wield it to inspire others,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry to say neither President Trump nor President Biden pass this critical examination,\u201d Kennedy added. \u201cNeither of them upheld the Constitution when it really counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nephew of former President John F. Kennedy said the \u201cassault on the Constitution intensified\u201d under Biden, referring to vaccine mandates during the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic that were a \u201cviolation of bodily autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what happened during the pandemic: A program of coercion and information chaos and information control that prevented the public from making fully informed choices,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cBut that wasn\u2019t the worst of it. He put the power of his office behind the assault of the one freedom upon which all other freedoms rely \u2014 the freedom of the press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy spoke of his lawsuit that alleges that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment by urging social media companies to censor others\u2019 protected speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 37 hours after he took the oath of office, President Biden was colluding with the FBI to coerce the social media sites \u2014 Google Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram \u2014 to open portals to allow the federal agencies to censor political speech of Americans,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy said he would drop all charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and pardon National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden if he won the presidency. Both are heroes, Kennedy said, and deserve monuments erected to them in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Fears that Kennedy\u2019s campaign will act as a spoiler in the November presidential election have continued to grow as it draws closer.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump leads Biden by 1 percentage point according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"RealClearPolitics average\"><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> average<\/a>, when Kennedy enters the race, the margin grows in the former president\u2019s favor, and he leads Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"by five points.\">by 5 points.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kennedy challenged Biden to sign a \u201cno-spoiler\u201d pledge earlier this month, in which both candidates would agree to finance a poll, and whoever performs the weakest in a head-to-head matchup against Trump would drop out of the race.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to his campaign, Kennedy has gained access to the ballot in seven states and is working to get on the ballot in eight others. The Reform Party nominated Kennedy on Thursday night, granting him access to Florida\u2019s ballot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe has more energy than Joe Biden and more maturity than Donald Trump,\u201d Reform Party Convention Secretary Richard Kasa said in a statement. \u201cThe Reform Party aligns with him better on the issues than we do with the establishment politicians. We are sure that he will be the next President of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Marisa Schultz contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assailed both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump\u2018s records while speaking at the Libertarian National Convention on Friday afternoon. 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