Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing the Democrats, his former party, of adopting a strategy of trying to “beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box.” He argues this is not only “profoundly undemocratic” but “will backfire in November.”
“America deserves a President who can win at the ballot box without compromising our government’s separation of powers or weaponizing the courts,” RFK Jr. wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“You can’t save democracy by destroying it first. The Democrats are afraid they will lose in the voting booth, so instead they go after President Trump in the courtroom.”
Trump was convicted of dubious charges in a heavily Democrat area in a prosecution brought by a Democratic District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, on Thursday. The judge overseeing the case, Juan Merchan, has strong familial links to the Democratic Party but refused to recuse himself and even imposed a gag order banning Trump from talking about his conflicts of interest.
“This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt,” Trump said following his conviction.
“They wouldn’t give us a venue change. We were at 5 percent or 6 percent in this district, in this area. This was a rigged, disgraceful trial,” he stressed, adding that the “real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people.”
The Democratic Party's strategy is to beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box. This will backfire in November. Even worse, it is profoundly undemocratic.
America deserves a President who can win at the ballot box without compromising our government’s…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 30, 2024