RFK Jr. Calls It a 'Two-Way Race' After Biden Drops Presidential Bid

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the race for the White House is a “two-man race” and that only he can beat Donald Trump after President Biden's shock withdrawal from a run for a second term.

Speaking at a hastily convened news conference Sunday from his family's historic estate in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, Kennedy praised Biden while simultaneously accusing Democratic Party leaders of “covering up” his mental decline.

“I want to begin by congratulating President Biden on his career in public service: a long, long career of service to our country and for handling the many difficulties and challenges, the personal challenges and the tragedies that he has endured in his life with such admirable leadership and the empathy that he draws from those experiences,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy, who left the party his family once led after it blocked his bid to challenge Biden in the primary, said the Democratic National Committee created a mess by covering for Biden.

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“The DNC’s response to this obvious condition was to hide it from the American public and use its power over the Democratic Party’s nominating process to ensure that no one could compete with President Biden in a way that would expose his shortcomings,” Kennedy argued.

Kennedy continued his campaign as an independent and reached double-digit poll numbers on a platform that decried “corporate capture,” the affordability crisis and “forever wars,” according to his campaign website.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station on March 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Kennedy also called out former President Trump and Vice President Harris, who appears poised to lead the Democratic ticket.

“President Trump has a connection to the American people, a populist connection,” Kennedy said. “But in many ways, it’s the same fraudulent connection that we’ve seen with the DNC over the past year, which obscures the real goal of their party, which was to give us a president who … represents the interests of corporations rather than the interests of the American public.”

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“If the Democrats do what I suspect they’re going to do, which is nominate Kamala Harris, a vice president who is extremely unpopular within her own party … they’re doing it because it’s the easiest way to keep money,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said he would consider accepting the Democratic nomination if it were offered to him.

“I would certainly listen to the party elders if they came to me, I would discuss something with them,” Kennedy said. “I'm the only presidential candidate who can beat Donald Trump, and if I were them, I would, and I would certainly listen to their proposals.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is photographed at a campaign rally on February 10, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

“I wouldn't be the frontrunner because by the time I left the Democratic Party, it was clear that, and that's the only reason I left that day, the rules had been rigged to prevent me from winning,” Kennedy said. “So I would be in the same position that Dean Phillips is today or Marianne Williamson is, which is on the sidelines.”

Kennedy added: “I'm very happy with where I'm at right now and I believe I can win this election. I believe at this point it's a two-man race. Let me put it that way. And you know, I'm in the best position to win.”

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A Fox News poll in July showed Kennedy receiving 10% of the general electoral vote in a three-way race with Trump and Biden.