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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of the famous Kennedy family, is abandoning his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination to run as an independent.
- Kennedy's anti-vaccination views and policies that diverge from the Democratic Party have contributed to his lack of support among Democratic voters.
- There is potential for Kennedy to impact the race, with a recent poll indicating that he would siphon slightly more support from Donald Trump than from Joe Biden.
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Spoiler alert: RFK Jr. enters presidential race as an independent
PHILADELPHIA—Running on his famous name and Republican cash, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of the late Attorney General and assassinated presidential candidate, and nephew of murdered President John F. Kennedy, announced on Oct. 9 that he’s running for president as an independent. In doing so, he abandoned a long-shot bid against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, a candidacy that faded as his extreme views—such as conspiracy theories and opposition t…
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