Cuomo Confronts RFK Jr. Over Photo of Relatives at White House: ‘The People Who Know You Best Say Joe Biden is Better’
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo confronted independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his relatives’ support for President Joe Biden.
During an interview on Monday evening, Cuomo confronted Kennedy with a viral photo showing a large group of his relatives, including his sister Kerry Kennedy, standing with Biden at the White House on St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday.
“Here is a lot of your family, okay, gathered around Joe Biden,” pointed out Cuomo. “They all put out messages that are all about the same thing, which is, ‘Go, Joe! We support you.'”
Cuomo then asked, “What does it mean when the people who know you best say Joe Biden is better than their own brother, uncle, cousin?”
“Although that looks like a big crowd of people, it is a very small percentage of my family,” replied Kennedy, who added, “As you know from your family, we don’t always agree on things.”
Kennedy continued:
There are many people in my family who work for the Biden administration. President Biden is an old friend of my family. I understand that many of them disagree with me on the war in Ukraine, they disagree with me on Covid, on some of the public health issues, they disagree with me on the free speech issue, so you know, we can disagree with each other in a friendly way and still love each other. They look very happy in that photograph and, you know, it’s very exhilarating, it’s intoxicating being in the White House and I’m glad I got to– I played a role, I think, in facilitating that visit to the White House and bringing them all such happiness, so I’m happy about that.
However, Kennedy then concluded with a jab at the Biden administration’s decision to deny him Secret Service protection, telling Cuomo, “I do hope that at least a couple of them took the time to talk to President Biden and ask him to provide me Secret Service protection.”
In October, four of Kennedy’s siblings signed a statement denouncing his presidential campaign and describing it as “perilous” to the country.
“The decision of our brother Bobby to run as a third party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country,” read the statement signed by Kerry Kennedy, Rory Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. “Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision, or judgement. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country.”
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