Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed new details about his conversations with former President Trump in his first interview since dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump on Sunday.
Kennedy made the comments in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream, in which he blamed “censorship” by the media for his campaign's failure to gain traction.
“It was clear to us that there was no path to victory,” Kennedy said. “We were censored for 16 months and couldn't really get on any network other than Fox.”
“When Ross Perot ran, he was on television 34 times in 10 months. I was on television twice in 16 months. So I was shut out of television, I was shut out of debates. There was no way I could win.”
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends campaign
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed new details about his conversations with former President Trump in his first interview since dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump on Sunday.
He also said that Trump was “in regular contact” with his campaign, even speaking with them just “hours” after the assassination attempt on Trump in July.
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“He invited me to form a unity government, and we agreed that we would continue to criticize each other on issues where we disagree, but these are very important issues and these are ways to unite the country,” Kennedy said, referring to his top priorities, including ending the war in Ukraine, preventing censorship and promoting children's health.
Kennedy formally announced his withdrawal from the presidential race last weekend. At a press conference in Phoenix, Arizona, he accused Democrats of waging an “ongoing legal war against both President Trump and me,” running a “sham” Democratic primary and preventing him from having a fair shot at the White House.
RFK formally announced his withdrawal from the presidential race last weekend. (Reuters/Tsuyoshi Nakamura)
Following Kennedy's announcement, political analysts and data experts have been discussing how her withdrawal from the race could affect the race between President Trump and Vice President Harris.
CNN host Erin Burnett cited a recent New York Times/Siena College poll on her show Friday that found Kennedy's approval rating at 6 percent in Arizona and Nevada, and 5 percent in Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
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Kennedy's recent alliance with Trump has sparked speculation about what role he might play in a Trump administration if he wins in November.
Kennedy's endorsement of Trump disrupted a news cycle that had previously been dominated by Harris, who formally accepted the Democratic nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago just a month after Biden dropped out of the race. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Kennedy, the nephew of assassinated President John F. Kennedy and son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, initially ran for president as a Democrat, challenging Biden in the primary, but then explored running as an independent after being kicked out of the party.
Kennedy's endorsement of Trump disrupted a news cycle that had previously been dominated by Harris, who formally accepted the Democratic nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago just a month after Biden dropped out of the race.
Fox News' Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.
