Bobby Kennedy Jr. announced on August 23 that he would suspend his presidential campaign for most states where he had been running and endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump, as well as JD Vance, the vice president.
The same day, he made it official by appearing with Trump at an Arizona rally.
RFK Jr. continues to share his vision for America’s future. However, he has shifted the focus to what he hopes to achieve as part of a possible Trump/Vance Administration. He began sharing a series of inspiring short videos on social media this week about his vision. The first video was “Make America Healthy Again.” Or #MAHA, the slogan his Vice President, Nicole Shanahan said was selected by MAGA fans of the former President (start the video at 1 minute 31 seconds):
Nicole Shanahan: “I was completely misinformed about what MAGA is”
“The coming together of these two groups over the last week … has been really glorious.
And they gave us the name MAHA, Make America Healthy Again.
That was always the vision of this unity movement, this… pic.twitter.com/Dxo8TyGTGF
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) August 29, 2024
Kennedy’s video on Wednesday echoed what he said in his recent interview with Dr. Phil about Trump and Vance’s vision for America. It was a video that reflected a return to an earlier era, with respect for families, values, and prosperity, through hard work and a can-do attitude. These are things many Americans yearn for at a time where prospects for many Americans look bleak because of Bidenomics, and Kamala Harris’ continued negligence.
This country is made up of a hundred different kinds of people and a hundred different ways of talking and a hundred different ways of going to church, but they are all American ways. pic.twitter.com/8E8NzU3EeI
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 27, 2024
The X-post reads:
There are a lot of different people in this country, and there are a lot of different ways to talk and go to church. But they’re all American.
The first advertisement, which uses voiceovers of notable Americans from the past to some extent, talks about what being an American means. In other words, how do Americans treat each other? He doesn’t spare any expense, choosing well-known figures from our culture.
In 1946, a young Frank Sinatra who was close to his uncle President John F. Kennedy spoke about the people that make up America’s melting pot:
He continues:
Were we not being silly by hating other people for combing their hair differently than we do?
This is accompanied by a funny clip of Trump stroking his famous hair.
Then, there’s RFK’s father Bobby Jr., and his closing words from a speech he made in Cleveland, on April 5, 1968, entitled “On the mindless threat of violence.” 5, 1968. Sirhan Sirhan assassinated him just moments later when he exited the kitchen at the Ambassador Hotel.
He said:
We can remember for a moment, however, that the people who share our lives are also our brothers. They too, like us, want to live their lives with purpose, happiness, and satisfaction, and they, like us, seek nothing more than the opportunity to do so.
This bond of shared faith and common goals can teach us a lot. We can at least learn to see those around us as our fellow men and we can work harder to heal the wounds between us.
The full text of the speech can be read here.
RFK Jr. ends the ad by showing a clip in which he speaks about the “unique chance” we have to “diffuse these tensions” today, by seeing that within ourselves and others, there is something brave, generous, idealistic, and with good intentions. The ad concludes with a clip of Sinatra.
A new video on Thursday shows his uncle, John F. Kennedy. He speaks on a subject that is close to RFK Jr. – his hopes to make America healthy.
JFK was dedicated to making Americans the healthiest people on earth. Now, RFK Jr. Is making that his mission.#MAHA pic.twitter.com/oCOzbdllrL
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 29, 2024
The post is entitled:
JFK’s mission was to make Americans the healthiest people in the world. Now, RFK Junior is making this his mission.
#MAHA
RFJ Jr. begins the video by encouraging viewers to view (or rewatch again) President. Kennedy’s 1960 speeches on the subject of Americans’ “physical fitness” were a topic that RFJ Jr. said was “distressing” to his uncle. Bobby Kennedy Jr. gives a series of shocking, yet not surprising statistics about the decline of Americans’ health, even when compared with the 1960s.
It was for this reason, among others, that I decided to run for President: to end the chronic disease epidemic and restore Americans’ health.
The advertisement ends with words similar to those of the late President. It is encouraging to see that a national discussion about obesity and other serious illnesses in the United States has begun. This conversation will hopefully continue, no matter what happens in November.
