Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his much-anticipated announcement Friday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race for the White House — and said in a Pennsylvania court filing that he will endorse former President Donald Trump.
Kennedy, 70, made the announcement just days after speculation started swirling that he planned to ax his campaign and endorse Trump instead.
He was influenced by talks between Trump allies and his team, as well as being snubbed by Democrats throughout the campaign, sources had earlier told The Post.
In a speech Friday, he criticized the unprecedented events of the 2024 election so far, slamming Democrats for installing Vice President Kamala Harris without her appearing in a primary.
“When a predictably bungled debate performance precipitated the palace coup against President Biden, the same shadowy DNC operatives appointed his successor, also without an election, they installed a candidate who was so unpopular with voters that she dropped out in 2020 without winning a single delegate,” he said.
The Trump endorsement was not a sure thing as late as Thursday, the sources said, but speculation mounted further when the former president announced that a “special guest” would be making an appearance just miles from where RFK Jr. would be that day.
Kennedy’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, had also hinted earlier this week of possibly dropping out to “join forces” with Trump in a bid to stop Harris from winning.
Shortly after the revelation, Trump declared he’d be “honored” to have Kennedy’s backing.
Trump, 78, had reportedly met with Kennedy in Milwaukee last month, on the first day of the Republican National Convention, in an effort to gain his endorsement.
The Harris campaign, meanwhile, is said to have rebuffed overtures to meet with the Kennedy scion.
Kennedy originally launched his campaign in April 2023, when he ran as a Democrat against Biden.
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