Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t “a worthy president” because of her word-salad skills and policy flip-flopping — suggesting she can’t even “put together an English sentence.”
“I don’t think that Vice President Harris is a worthy president of this country,” Kennedy, 70, told NewsNation’s “Cuomo” Tuesday evening.
“We need to have a president who can give an interview, who can articulate a vision, who can put together an English sentence, who can articulate her and defend her policies. And who can engage in a debate with, and regular debates, unscripted appearances.”
Kennedy dropped out of the race shortly after the Democratic National Convention wrapped up late last month and endorsed former President Donald Trump, saying he worried that staying in would’ve paved Harris a path to presidency.
“It became clear to me that I was not going to be allowed on the debating stage, which was really my only path to victory. I was already being boycotted by all of the mainstream media, by the liberal media,” Kennedy said.
“If I stayed in the race, Vice President Harris would win, and I did not want that outcome.”
Following President Biden’s seismic decision to bow out of the race on July 21, Kennedy’s polling numbers cratered, according to polling aggregates from RealClearPolitics.
The Kennedy family scion — who broke with his famous clan’s Democratic roots with his Trump endorsement — also dinged Harris on her foreign policies.
“Harris’ speech at the convention made it very clear that she will continue the warfare state,” he said.
During Harris’ address at the Democratic National Convention last month, she vowed to stand by Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders and “ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world.”
Former President Donald Trump, 78, has similarly talked about strengthening the US military in the past as well, but he has conveyed skepticism about continuous aid for war-battered Ukraine, something Kennedy has echoed as well. In a split from Trump, Kennedy talked about slashing the military budget.
Harris sat down last week for her first major televised interview since ascending to the nomination. Trump and his allies needled her for sparingly conducting such interviews and taking seldom on-the-record questions from the media.
Ironically, Kennedy has struggled to get his name off key battleground state ballots, including Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin. He is mounting legal challenges against several of the states that have refused to strike his name.
Trump and Kennedy had corresponded in the run-up to the scion’s endorsement and there was chatter about him landing a hypothetical administration post. Kennedy is also working with the Trump transition team.
“We’re not talking about a particular position for me in the government,” Kennedy said. “Our agreement about it is about a Unity Party, about unifying our party over certain objectives, and this will allow me to continue to disagree with President Trump on issues that I don’t agree with him on.”
Kennedy said he and Trump see eye to eye on opposition to censorship, the chronic disease epidemic and ending foreign wars.
A staunch backer of Israel, Kennedy also weighed in on Hamas’ murder of six hostages that officials believe came as Israeli Defense Forces closed in on their position in Rafah tunnels.
“I think it’s time for compassion for the families of the hostages. This was a brutal murder,” Kennedy reflected. “It’s an enemy that does not want to negotiate.”
He predicted that Trump won’t “step away from Israel” if he wins a second term in the White House and praised his policy toward the Jewish state as “much better in the past than the Democratic policy.”
The Post contacted the Harris-Walz campaign for comment.
