RFK Jr will ‘now throw my support to president Trump’RFK Jr said he will “now throw my support to president Trump”.Citing the reasons for his endorsement of Donald Trump, he said the causes “were free speech, war in Ukraine and the war on our children”.ShareUpdated at 21.30 CESTKey eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRFK Jr’s siblings issue statement condemning his endorsement of TrumpCecilia NowellFive of RFK Jr’s siblings have shared a statement denouncing their brother’s decision to endorse Trump.“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and national pride. We believe in Harris and Walz. Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear. It is a sad ending to a sad story,” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Chris Kennedy and Rory Kennedy said in a statement.ShareUpdated at 21.24 CESTCecilia NowellRFK Jr’s campaign has clarified that it did not intend to endorse Donald Trump in a Pennsylvania court filing, according to reports.“Mr Kennedy has not endorsed president Trump,” Stefanie Spear, a campaign spokesperson, said in a statement to the Washington Post. “The filing was made by an attorney and not reviewed by the campaign. The filing is being updated.”The news comes as RFK Jr is speaking live to the nation.ShareUpdated at 21.29 CESTRFK Jr will ‘now throw my support to president Trump’RFK Jr said he will “now throw my support to president Trump”.Citing the reasons for his endorsement of Donald Trump, he said the causes “were free speech, war in Ukraine and the war on our children”.ShareUpdated at 21.30 CESTRFK Jr on his campaign: ‘I am simply suspending it and not ending it’“I want everyone to know that I am not terminating my campaign. I am simply suspending it and not ending it,” RFK Jr said.“My name will remain on the ballot in most states. If you live in a blue state, you can vote for me without harming or helping president Trump or Vice-President Harris,” he added, saying: “In about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name, and I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to vote for me.”ShareUpdated at 21.30 CEST“There in Chicago, a string of Democratic speakers mentioned Donald Trump 147 times just on the first day,” RFK Jr said.“Who needs a policy when you have Trump to hate. In contrast, at the RNC convention, president Biden was mentioned only twice in four days … What most alarms me is how the Democratic party conducts its internal affairs, or runs its candidates, let alone … resort to censorship and media control, and weaponization of the federal agencies,” he added.ShareUpdated at 21.31 CEST“Now, in an honest system, I believe that I would have won the election,” RFK Jr said.“My father and my uncle thrived in a system … [of] open debates with fair primaries, with a regularly scheduled debate with fair primaries and with a truly independent media, untainted by government propaganda and censorship. In a system of nonpartisan courts and election boards, everything would be different.”ShareUpdated at 21.31 CEST“I want to thank all of those dedicated volunteers and congratulate the campaign staff who coordinated this enormous logistical feat,” RFK Jr said, referring to his presidential run. “Your accomplishments were regarded as impossible. You carried me up that glass mountain. You pulled off a miracle. You achieved what all the pundits said could never be done. You have my deepest gratitude, and I’m never going to forget that, not just for what you did, for my campaign, but for the sacrifices you made because you love our country,” he added.ShareRFK on Democratic party: ‘It had become the party of war, censorship, corruption’“As you know, I left that party in October because it had departed so dramatically on the core values that I grew up with,” RFK Jr said.“It had become the party of war, censorship, corruption, Big Pharma, big tech…and big money. When it abandoned democracy by cancelling the primary to conceal the cognitive decline of the sitting president, I left the party to run as an independent,” he continued.Share“I began this journey as a Democrat, the party of my father, my uncle, the party which I pledged my own allegiance to all before I was old enough to vote,” RFK Jr said.“I attended my first Democratic convention at the age of six in 1960 and back then, the Democrats were the champions of the constitution of civil rights. The Democrats stood against authoritarianism, against censorship, against colonialism, imperialism and unjust wars. We were the party of labor,” he added.ShareRFK Jr is now live on stage.Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates.Share