▲ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was running as an independent candidate.Photo Ap

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The newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, August 25, 2024, p. 21

Washington. “Our brother’s decision Bobby “To support (Donald) Trump is a betrayal of the values ​​of our father and our family,” the Kennedy family said in a statement yesterday after the suspension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s election campaign and the announcement of his alliance with Donald Trump.

Kennedy and Trump have in common the same billionaire mega-donor who has invested more than $165 million in the 2024 campaign, highlighted an article by the digital media Common Dreams.

Timothy Mellon, Andrew Mellon’s grandson, has invested tens of millions of dollars in both campaigns, making the billionaire the largest individual donor to both, the outlet reported.

According to documents filed by the U.S. Federal Election Commission, Mellon last month made a $50 million cash injection to the pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again, Inc..

The day before yesterday, Kennedy said that one of the reasons for declining his candidacy was that internal polls showed that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democrat Kamala Harris.

However, recent public polls show no clear indication that it is having much of an impact on support for any of the major party candidates, AP reported.

Kennedy mentioned freedom of speech, the war in Ukraine and a war against our children as The main reasons that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now support President Trumphe said during a rally in Phoenix.