"That is why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. draws the same fury as Donald Trump, and why his defiance may yet prove more dangerous to Democrats than any policy fight. He is living proof that the age of managed politics is cracking, and that ordinary citizens are not content to be ruled. They demand to be heard."
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become the rare figure who draws as much raw hostility from Democrats as Donald Trump ever has. That fact alone is remarkable.
"Democrats once celebrated Kennedy as the scion of a legendary political dynasty. They now treat him as a menace to society. His break from the blue ranks last year, and the populist movement he has built, mirrors Trump’s earlier rebellion against establishment Republicans. That similarity explains why both men are uniquely loathed by Democratic insiders.
"The fury stems not just from Kennedy’s decision to leave the Democrat party, but from how he left. He accused party leaders of rigging 2024 presidential primaries against him, echoing the language Trump used in 2016 and 2020 about elections being stacked against outsiders.
"Those accusations landed hard with many Americans who already believed Democratic elites, at best, manipulate the rules to protect their favorites and, at worst, utilize election fraud. By later considering a unity ticket with Trump, Kennedy didn’t simply criticize Democratic leadership. He rejected its authority outright.
"That is why Kennedy, now history’s most powerful Health and Human Services secretary, stands in a category almost by himself. Like Trump, he represents a brand of populism that does not map neatly onto traditional left-right divisions. His campaign drew in voters alienated by Democratic elitism, people less concerned with ideology than with authenticity and choice.
"That unpredictability terrifies blue strategists, who, most charitably put, prefer elections to be controlled exercises in coalition management. Kennedy’s rise signaled that many voters want an alternative to being told what options they’re allowed to have." . . . More...
Dr. Joseph Ford Cotto hosts and produces News Sight, speaking the data-driven truth about economic and political issues that impact you. During the 2024 presidential election, he created the Five-Point Forecast, which correctly predicted Trump's national victory and the outcome in all swing states. The author of numerous nonfiction books, Cotto holds a doctorate in business administration and is a Lean Six Sigma Certified Black Belt. During 2014, HLM King Kigeli V of Rwanda bestowed a hereditary knighthood upon him. It was followed by a barony the next year.
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