WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday night that Donald Trump’s “courage” after he was shot during an assassination attempt was “inspirational.”
The independent presidential candidate, whose father and uncle were assassinated in the 1960s, said he reached out to Trump, 78, after the shooting.
“I sent a message, a note to President Trump and his family this evening, expressing my relief that he was not seriously injured, my best wishes for a speedy recovery and my thanks for the inspirational role he played in that incident,” Kennedy said in an interview on “Hannity.”
“I really hope that President Biden will reach out to President Trump and offer to stand on a podium somewhere with these two to reassure the American people, to try to change the tone of the campaign and inspire all of us to start being kind to one another.”
Kennedy, 70, has requested Secret Service protection, which could be granted by President Biden but has been denied, even though his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963 and his father, then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, was shot and killed in 1968.
Kennedy has about 9.3% support in national opinion polls. according to An average of recent polls by RealClearPolitics puts him behind Trump at 43.1% and Biden at 38.8%.
In a speech on Saturday night, Biden condemned the shooting, which left one rally attendee dead, as “horrible” and returned to the White House, cutting short a weekend stay at his Delaware Beach home.
