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Trump backs RFK Jr.’s ‘radical-left’ run

- By Matthew Medsger mmedsger@bostonhera­ld.com

Environmen­tal lawyer and long-shot presidenti­al candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced his running mate, and it was apparently enough to catch the attention of the 45th president.

Former President Donald Trump, the presumptiv­e Republican nominee, was either up very late or very early yesterday morning, when he took to his Truth Social media platform at 2 a.m. to offer his thoughts on the pseudoscio­n of the once-powerful Kennedy political family.

“RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He’s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other economy killing disasters. I guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America,” Trump wrote, capitaliza­tion his.

The only person leaning left of Kennedy in the 2024 race for the White House, according to the former president, is the Silicon

Valley millionair­e lawyer he’s attached to his campaign.

“His running mate, Nicole Shanahan, is even more ‘Liberal’ than him, if that’s possible. Kennedy is a Radical Left Democrat, and always will be,” Trump wrote.

As is usual for the former president, he found a way to view Kennedy’s political moves through a Trump-colored lens, suggesting his own legal predicamen­ts mean that the son of assassinat­ed former Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and his new running mate should have their lawyers’ contact informatio­n close at hand.

“It’s great for MAGA, but the Communists will make it very hard for him to get on the Ballot. Expect him, and her, to be indicted any day now, probably for Environmen­tal Fraud,” Trump wrote.

Kennedy teased a White House bid as a Democrat last year but soon dropped his party affiliatio­n in favor of an independen­t run at the office once held by his uncle, 35th President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

 ?? ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Presidenti­al candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. right, waves on stage with Nicole Shanahan, after announcing her as his running mate, during a campaign event, Tuesday in Oakland, Calif.
ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Presidenti­al candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. right, waves on stage with Nicole Shanahan, after announcing her as his running mate, during a campaign event, Tuesday in Oakland, Calif.

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