RFK Jr. Responds to Biden Exit, Urges Democrats to Use ‘Open Process’ to Select Nominee

The presidential candidate praised President Biden for stepping down and reiterated his claim that the DNC will not allow competition in the primary.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Nixon library in Yorba Linda, Calif., on June 12, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Hours after President Joe Biden announced that he would no longer seek reelection, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. commended him for stepping down and encouraged the Democratic Party to have an “open process” in selecting his replacement.

In a July 21 news conference at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy told reporters that he entered the race partly because of President Biden’s “abandonment of Democratic Party principles” and to “ensure American voters had a viable, vigorous alternative to Donald Trump.”