Robert F. Kennedy says Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump in CNN ... trends now
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy argued Monday President Joe Biden was a bigger threat to democracy than former President Donald J. Trump, challenging a key narrative from Democrats in the 2024 election.
Kennedy spoke about his independent run for president with CNN's Erin Burnett, a rare "prime time opportunity for the candidate that continues tracking interest from voters unhappy with the options of President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump for president.
'I can make the argument that President Biden is the much worse threat to democracy, and the reason for that is President Biden is the first candidate in history – the first president in history that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech, so to censor his opponent,' he said.
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally
He acknowledged that Trump's efforts to overturn the election was a threat to democracy and 'appalling,' but that Biden's attempts to censor his political opponents was much worse.
'The greatest threat to democracy is not someone who questions election returns, but a president of the United States who used the power of his office to force social media companies, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, to open a portal and give access of that portal to the FBI, the CIA, to the IRS ... to censor his political critics,' Kennedy said.
Ultimately, Kennedy revisited his claims that both the 2000 and the 2004 elections
