Posted on 09/10/2025 4:59:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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.
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I can’t believe how much the left hates RFK Jr. I hope he has a good security detail.
They hate Kennedy for the same reason they hate Trump.
He is fighter.
And he fights FAIR in that he CONFRONTS his opponents instead of sneaking around and stabbing them in the back.
Democrats don’t fight fair or do they play fair which is why Kennedy wasn’t given an opportunity to take on Joey fair and square and why Kennedy had to challenge Biden as an independent.
There is a lot I don’t like about this Kennedy and lot more I don’t like about his family.
But I respect ANYONE who is willing to take on his opponents in the public arena in a fair fight.
Old people who hate that their stock portfolio goes down, and the graft system they set up is threatened.
They hate anyone who leaves their plantation. Reagan, Trump, RFK, Jr, etc.
On environmental issues, RFK Jr. is a dangerous loon. To see where that goes, consider this old thread: An Analysis of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Environmental Policy, for which he was responsible.
“I wish they had questioned Fauci the way they question RFK Jr
He left the plantation.
A big reason they hate RFK, Jr. is that he is interfering with their destruction of the United States.
that’s a good and insightful article. thanks for posting
Democrats hate productive actions if it doesn’t break Americas back it’s a danger point for them comrades.
A few democrats are heading to China this week must be for more instructions from boss Xi ?.
He is an American hero.
RFKj tried to join Biden’s team and they rebuffed him - Kamala Harris wouldn’t return his calls during the 2024 campaign, he said he wanted to work with her .
That’s when he called Trump and Trump said “yes” to this life-long Democrat. I thought it was going to cost him his marriage b/c his wife is a Trump hater - I think she enjoys the limelight and publicity b/c her acting career is over.
Too bad he does not speak well, I can barely understand him - I believe this hurt him - and his slow speech allows his enemies to interrupt him constantly.
An apostate is always hated more than a mere unbeliever.
This applies somewhat to Trump as well.
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