Ten Things Trump and RFK Jr Have in Common

As Kennedy makes a Trump endorsement

A Democratic National Committee spokesman recently gave a statement making the false claim that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr was “recruited by MAGA.”

That’s par for the course when it comes to the treatment Kennedy has received from many in the media and from the political party that was synonymous with the Kennedy name.

All of this as Kennedy is said to be weighing a decision to drop out of the presidential race and possibly endorse Republican Donald Trump.

The Kennedy campaign was not an invention of Donald Trump or some scheme designed to ultimately support him. Kennedy wanted to be a legitimate candidate in the Democrat party, but the party rigged the rules in such a way that no other Democrat could challenge incumbent Joe Biden.

Kennedy then left the part and became an independent. He began fighting expensive legal battles to appear on the ballots in every state, hitting one roadblock after another.

Along the way, Kennedy has been censored and endangered, even denied Secret Service protection when he faced risks as a presidential candidate.

And even though Kennedy holds many traditional Democrat positions, the party establishment worked merciless to smear and discredit him, often with a big assist from the media.

Now, with Kennedy reported to be on the verge of dropping out and supporting Trump, you may wonder: What do Kennedy and Trump have in common?

Read on for details.

Ten Things Kennedy and Trump have in Common

1. Neither Kennedy nor Trump achieved prominence through the traditional party Big Money system

The party bigwigs who sell and exchange access to politicians find they don’t have cache when it comes to relative outsiders like Trump and Kennedy.

This makes each man uniquely dangerous to the establishment parties that are beholden to Big Pharma and other corporate interests.

2. Kennedy and Trump say what they think

Kennedy and Trump have been censored by Big Tech and in the news media for their opinions, and even sometimes when stating true information. Yet they have not substantively altered their messages in order to “get along” or avoid criticism.

Unlike more traditional Democrats and Republicans, both men generally speak without typical platitudes and they do not rely as much on nonspecific or noncommittal generalities that are designed to not offend.

3. Kennedy and Trump believe they’ve been subjected to a “rigged” political system, and that the media has aided and abetted it

As I mentioned, Kennedy left the Democrat party to run as an independent when the Democrat party instituted rules that, in essence, forbade him from running against Joe Biden.

Trump has made the case that the 2020 election was rigged with irregularities including halted vote counting, an unprecedented number of mail-in, dropbox, and absentee votes sometimes lacking in oversight and with funding from liberal billionaire interests, acceptance of ballots after deadlines, lack of proper signature verification, and other processes in an election in which Biden won an overnight, come-from-behind victory.

In each case, the media at large has firmly sided with opponents of Trump and Kennedy.

4. Trump and Kennedy have positions that bleed beyond their party IDs

Trump is hardly a hardline conservative on many issues. Before he announced for president in 2015, there was speculation that he might even run as a Democrat.

Kennedy is generally in line with more old-fashioned Democrats on many issues, which puts him to the right of many current influential Democrats and their subgroups.

5. Kennedy and Trump have suffered security concerns under the Biden administration

Obviously, the Trump assassination attempt gave Trump reason to question the establishment’s efforts to provide him with effective protection.

As I mentioned, until the assassination attempt, the Biden administration had repeatedly rejected Kennedy’s requests for Secret Service protection, even as Kennedy fell under a steady stream of security threats.

6. Kennedy and Trump made their careers outside the world of politics and have experience in the business world

Trump is a businessman and leader who entered politics late in his life and career.

Kennedy is a longtime attorney and environmental activist who has experience in trial litigation, advocacy, and starting up and running organizations.

7. Kennedy and Trump are censored and falsely fact-checked

Both men have been widely censored and subjected to supposed fact-checks that misrepresent their positions— or the fact checks are simply wrong.

8. Kennedy and Trump are keenly aware of the government health and medical establishment and the harm it has done

Through the Covid experience, Trump learned some of what Kennedy has long known: that there are corrupt and conflicted players at high levels of our government agencies in charge of our health. Both men understand the connection between the corruption and big money interests, and are not beholden to those interests.

This knowledge makes both of them uniquely dangerous to the establishment.

9. Kennedy knows what it’s like to get the Trump treatment in the media

Kennedy remains inarguably one of the most experienced and knowledgeable authorities on a variety of health related topics, including vaccine safety and vaccine links to autism. As an attorney, he’s litigated cases against the government regarding vaccine injuries.

For example, Kennedy single-handedly succeeded in getting a one-time top government expert witness, renowned pediatric neurologist Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, to document Dr. Zimmerman’s own turnabout on vaccines and autism, memorializing that there is a link after all.

Kennedy got Dr. Zimmerman to tell his story in a sworn affidavit, including how the government fired Dr. Zimmerman as an expert witness when he told the Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers that vaccines can, and have, caused autism in rare cases.

Dr. Zimmerman said in his sworn statement that the DOJ lawyers went on to dishonestly misrepresent and mischaracterize his opinions in court in order to defeat autism claims. (DOJ lawyers defend vaccine makers in vaccine court injury claims.)

Despite his expertise, Kennedy is routinely referred to by slurs such as “quack.” The media incorrectly claims he espouses “debunked” information on vaccines. That’s untrue, but Kennedy has found it difficult to break through the misinformation juggernaut.

Trump has been subjected to largely the same treatment since he entered the political scene in 2015. For example, as recently as this month, the media and the Kamala Harris campaign have repeated long-ago-debunked claims that Trump called Nazis “very fine people.”

Both men know that regardless of the facts, they can be portrayed falsely by a powerful and biased media.

10. Both Kennedy and Trump criticize what they consider the government’s pro-war mentality

Kennedy and Trump say the military and defense establishment benefits from a seemingly endless stream of US involvement in avoidable and costly wars.