‘A New Declaration of Independence for Our Entire Nation’: RFK Jr. Launches Independent Bid for President

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday in a speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that he was switching from Democratic Party candidate to independent in his bid to become president next year. “I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate,” he said to a cheering crowd. “I must declare my own independence. Independence from the Democratic Party, and from all other political parties.”