Last week, former President Donald Trump brought former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy onstage with him at an Arizona rally after Kennedy endorsed him following his withdrawal from the 2024 race. Just hours after RFK Jr. voiced his support for the Republican presidential candidate, Trump discussed big plans for his upcoming administration.
Trump announced that he would create a commission on assassination attempts against presidents while vowing to release documents pertaining to RFK Jr.’s uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. Trump indicated that Kennedy, whose family has been plagued by assassinations, would lead the commission.
“They will also conduct a rigorous review of the attack last month,” Trump said, speaking about the failed assassination attempt against him at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally. “But I tell you, I have never had more people ask me, ‘Please, sir, release the documents on the Kennedy assassination,’ and we’re going to do that.”
While introducing Kennedy at his rally, he said, “For the past 16 months, Bobby has run an extraordinary campaign. I know because he went after me a couple of times — I didn’t like it. His candidacy has inspired millions and millions of Americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign grounded in the American values of his father, Robert Kennedy, a great man, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. And I know that they are looking down right now, and they are very, very proud of Bobby. I’m proud of Bobby.”
“One of the issues that he talked about was having safe food and ending the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy said, after Trump had applauded his efforts to root out chronic health problems that have plagued Americans for decades. “Don’t you want healthy children? And don’t you want the chemicals out of our food? And don’t you want the regulatory agencies to be free from corporate corruption? And that’s what President Trump told me that he wanted,” Kennedy said. “Don’t you want a president that’s going to make America healthy again?” he asked the crowd.
Following Kennedy’s comments at the podium, Trump claimed that RFK Jr.’s endorsement would have a “huge influence” on his campaign that would be “much bigger than you’d see in the polls.” He continued, “Bobby and I will fight together to defeat the corrupt political establishment and return control of this country to the people. And all who supported Bobby’s campaign, I very simply ask you join us in building this coalition.”
Kennedy also slammed the DNC and Vice President Kamala Harris for “engineering” the support for her campaign which has lacked substance and relied on bashing Trump. “Instead of showing us her substance and character and its media organs engineered a surge of popularity for Vice President Harris based upon nothing, no policies, no interviews, no debates, only smoke and mirrors,” he said.
Watch Kennedy speak at Trump’s rally in Arizona just hours after he dropped out and endorsed the former president:
