At the Republican Midterm Convention on Thursday night, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a scorching 30-minute address that drew raucous applause as he detailed how Democrats had turned their backs on Americans and pushed him away from the party after 70 years of involvement.
“The party of ‘my body, my choice’ forced citizens to wear masks,” Kennedy declared during his speech, which he described as a critique of Democratic policies since his family’s engagement with the party.
Kennedy accused Democrats of “obliterating” the Bill of Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. He stated that the Democratic Party abandoned its essential values by turning away from gold-standard research and instead blindly defending industry-sponsored, agenda-driven science written by “corrupt and captured regulatory agencies.”
As the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kennedy cited Democrats for censoring hundreds of scientists under the guise of stopping misinformation, enforcing social distancing measures, and eliminating freedom to worship while maintaining liquor stores and big-box retailers as “essential” services. He also noted that his social media channels were blocked at the start of President Joe Biden’s term, which he said demonstrated Democrats’ abandonment of “freedom of speech.”
Recalling his uncle Ted Kennedy’s role in advancing Title IX, Kennedy mocked Democrats for turning their backs on “real women” who should have a “safe and guaranteed” spot in sports. He claimed the political divide had shifted from Republicans versus Democrats or left versus right to a battle between “sane vs. insane,” with Democrats promoting only one worldview: hating President Trump.
Kennedy described how, after President Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, he called the president hours later and noted Trump kept every promise made to him. He credited Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10, with playing a “critical” role in bringing him and Trump together, adding that he believes “Charlie is looking down on all of us now.”
