Back in April and in one of the most predictable moments of this presidential election cycle, numerous members of the Kennedy family held a campaign event in which they announced their endorsement of the Biden-Harris ticket over that of their brother Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
During the speech she gave as well as interviews she did on the issue at the time, his sister Kerry Kennedy claimed her late father Robert F. Kennedy would have been “horrified” by Donald Trump. She also emphasized the Kennedy family “values” and how Biden was, in her view and that of several other siblings, the candidate above all others that most closely reflected those alleged values.
“He is an extraordinary leader,” she stated during a Good Morning America interview at the time. “He cares deeply. He shares my family’s values. We need every single person to go and vote for Joe Biden.”
Four months later, her brother announced the suspension of his campaign and his endorsement of Trump, citing, among other things, how the Democrat Party his family had been part of for generations had engaged in numerous tactics including lawfare to keep him off the ballot.
“In the name of saving democracy, the Democratic Party set itself to destroying it,” RFK Jr. said.
“These are the principled causes that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now to throw my support to President Trump,” he went on to say. “The causes were: Free speech, the war in Ukraine, and the war on our children.”
In response and on behalf of the Kennedy family, Kerry Kennedy in turn released the following statement where Kennedy family values were again stressed:
The pushback was instant, with many pointing to the fact that “Kennedy values” were nothing to be proud of:
One tweet in particular that has gotten a lot of attention – nearly 24,000 RTs and close to 2 million views as of this writing – was the open letter from political commentator Tammy Bruce, who nailed what a lot of folks were thinking when they read Kerry Kennedy’s statement:
An open letter to Kerry Kennedy: You people are awful. Despite your family’s checkered past and horrible behavior of so many of the men, Americans have stood with you out of loyalty, sentimentality, and too often, grief. Despite the questionable establishment of your family’s wealth, the treatment of Marilyn Monroe, the general womanizing, the abandonment of Mary Jo Kopechne to her death, allegations of rape, one could go on and on, but the point is your family has stayed loyal and protective of family members who have done the most appalling of things. But the moment one of your own acts on his conscience for this country you attempt to throw him to the wolves and publicly condemn him. Never a word for the trail of abused or abandoned women left behind by a Kennedy, but because one of your men supports Trump in an effort to make the lives of Americans better, that alone is beyond the pale. In your ugly treatment of your brother you reveal the rot that has broken the hearts of the American people so many times over the years.Beyond that, the economic destruction of American families is something your family would never truly understand. You are not touched by the worry about having enough gas to get to work, or whether or not you can afford eggs this week, if you’ll be safe walking your own neighborhood, or if your child will be safe in their urban public school or even if they will know how to read and write while collecting their diploma. You keep doing civil rights work and public service virtue signaling. But in the meantime, make a pledge to not keep doing damage as Americans are simply looking for a way to reclaim their own futures, the safety of their families, and knowing that maybe, just maybe, they can leave their children a little better off w a future they can rely on. The condition of this country should shock everyone, even if their name is Kennedy. We know it at least shocks one of you who, like us, has had enough of the fear and hopelessness assigned to us for generations. Americans are happy to see Bobby on our side as we refuse to comply and will not go gentle into the catastrophes to which we are expected to succumb. Instead, with Trump and all who join us, we will fight, fight, fight!
That truly said it all. But then again, there is also something to be said about how a simple picture can convey so much without uttering a single word:
I think that about covers all the bases.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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