Although the 2024 presidential election is shaping up as a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the field has its share of independent candidates, including former President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. When asked by reporters at an Austin, Texas, cryptocurrency expo about his thoughts on Donald Trump’s guilty verdict, Kennedy stressed that the trial is “being used to divide us,” as quoted by CNN.
That remark aside, Kennedy took a cagey approach when talking about Trump’s case, telling reporters that he prefers to discuss matters he feels are more relevant to American voters, such as the economy and health care. “I’ve been disciplined about not commenting on the court cases and talking about issues that I think are of deep concern to Americans, and not the issues that, you know, are being used to divide us, the culture war issues. I’m not going to comment on it,” he said.
Although Kennedy simply chose to focus on the divisive aspects of the Trump trial without delving any deeper, he’s been outspoken in the past about his disdain for the former president. In April 2024, he countered Trump’s vitriolic comments about him being a “wasted protest vote” by challenging his Republican opponent to a debate and calling him out for his supposed hypocrisy on several hot-button issues during his time in the White House.
