Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign paid over $50,000 to Kyle Kemper, half-brother of far-left Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, to work on “volunteer and voter engagement.” Kemper has been driving an RV along the East Coast of the U.S. decked out in Kennedy’s likeness and slogans and was invited to meet the presidential candidate at his home so he could see the vehicle.
After the meeting, Kemper was paid over $50,000 to work for the Kennedy campaign on a formal basis, continuing to drive the RV while “blast[ing] songs from Kennedy uncle John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign, including a jingle by Frank Sinatra” reportedly remaining one of his key responsibilities.
The Kennedy campaign no longer pays Kemper, but he continues to support the Democrat primary contestant turned independent, describing the campaign as a “startup” that is bound to experience “f***-ups” and “drama.”
‘GRIFTERS AND OPPORTUNISTS.’
RFK Jr.’s expensive tie-up with the Trudeau sibling is one of many unusual stories emerging from sources within the Kennedy campaign, characterized as riddled with “grifters and opportunists” by Kiera Hall, who recently left it.
“If someone’s going to do that to their campaign, how do I know they won’t do that in their administration?” Hall questioned, referring to the people Kennedy had surrounded himself with.
Director of Messaging Charles Eisenstein is another character causing concerns. He reportedly spent weeks in Costa Rica shortly after the campaign began. He spent his time there “reconnecting with spirit” and recording podcasts in which he described some of Kennedy’s ideas as “repugnant,” reducing his monthly campaign bills from $21,000 to $14,000 while he was there.
A recent high school graduate paid $8,000 a month to serve as a “digital strategist” is among the other staffers whose salaries have caused consternation.
Sources also suggest much of Kennedy’s team is hostile to Donald Trump supporters, describing them as “extremists” and expressing the hope they can be persuaded to defect by RFK Jr.’s vaccine stance “without making further effort.” Trump has indicated he is alive to the threat to the America First movement posed by the Kennedy campaign, and his son Don Jr. has described RFK Jr. as a “Democrat plant.”
Fourteen Kennedy staffers walked out on the campaign in January, citing “lavish spending” and the “self-serving” behavior of RFK Jr.’s campaign manager and ex-CIA daughter-in-law, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy.
