By endorsing Trump, RFK Jr. betrays the Kennedy legacy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Were it not for the fact that he was blessed at birth with a revered name, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might never have amounted to anything but a crackpot on the fringe.

Again and again, to the dismay of his extended family, RFK Jr. has sullied the Kennedy name and the dimming aura of Camelot by spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories, most dangerously ones that undermine public confidence in vaccines.

His bizarre campaign for president this year — with its revelations that he had a dead worm in his brain and once left the carcass of a bear cub in Central Park — was an embarrassment. But his announcement on Friday that he would “throw my support” to Donald Trump in battleground states represents a betrayal of a higher order.

Given how low Kennedy has been polling, his endorsement probably won’t make much of a difference in the presidential race. Yet in casting his lot with a former president who preaches intolerance and division, he has cast aside the principles for which generations of Kennedys have stood.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. He is a traitor to his family. He has betrayed them.

[Deuxcents]

3. I will agree. However, it's his personal legacy and not his father's or uncle's legacy that is at stake.

It’s true he rode on their coattails but he was estranged from his family and this decision is on him. He will find himself out of favor in the world of MAGA and become a lonely pariah..all self inflicted

[Irish_Dem]

4. His family believes "to whom much is given, much is required."

He let his family down.

[Deuxcents]

5. He sure did.

[Irish_Dem]

6. His anti-vax stance has let down the entire country.

And put children in harm's way.

Yes the shame is on him, not his family.
But he betrayed the family legacy.

[Deuxcents]

7. I will again agree. And I understand what you're saying.

I think most now will think of him and his family differently and that’s painful, for me, anyway. I can’t even imagine how his family is feeling

[Irish_Dem]

8. His proud family is now associated with the lunatic fringe.

Hopefully the public can separate it out from the other parts of the family.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Another link in the chain of "The Kennedy Curse".