June 12, 2023 - 7:30pm
Founder and former CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has spoken for the first time about his surprise endorsement of unconventional Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Speaking on the Breaking Points podcast, Dorsey argued that Kennedy was “focused on peace and ending all these wars” as well as being committed to ending “regulatory capture and the military industrial complex”.
Dorsey explained that he was impressed by the Democratic challenger’s “intimate knowledge” of these issues, which Kennedy addressed with curiosity and a “deep sense of humanity”. RFK Jr.s position on vaccines was not raised directly, but Dorsey noted that he had an “edge”. “He has no fear in exploring topics that are a little bit controversial and in the future,” the tech entrepreneur added.
RFK Jr. is currently polling at 20% among Democratic voters, but as of yet there are no plans in place to hold primary debates with other candidates. Dorsey, who has criticised the Democrats for not holding primaries, once again called on the party to reconsider its position. “It feels like hiding and everything is planned and already determined,” he said.
Since tweeting his endorsement of Kennedy two weeks ago, Dorsey has become increasingly vocal in his support. He has used his platform on Twitter, which has 6.5 million followers, to advocate for the candidate, even calling the Democrat’s raspy voice a “superpower”. His appearance on Breaking Points was his most extensive discussion of RFK Jr. yet.
Dorsey’s own political beliefs have evolved since 2020. During the pandemic, the Twitter founder donated $10 million to an Ibram X. Kendi-aligned “anti-racism” charity before giving small sums to two heterodox Democratic candidates in the 2020 primaries, Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang. A staunch critic of government censorship, a major theme in RFK Jr.’s own campaigning, Dorsey stated on Breaking Points that he came across RFK Jr. this year and listened to nearly all of his podcast appearances. “It was absolutely refreshing,” he said. “Our country needs his leadership.”
Kennedy remains a clear outsider in the 2024 race to be the Democratic nominee for the presidency. Despite eight in 10 Democratic primary voters (and 72% of Biden voters) saying they would like a series of Democratic debates during the 2024 campaign, the Democratic National Committee says it won’t sponsor any.
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SubscribeMuch respect to Mr Dorsey for vocal support.
Truth be told, a debate between candidates RFK Jr and Marianne Williamson would be far more illuminating and interesting than those involving the tired old gascan Dem politicians spouting their canned lines. It’s just too bad the party of establishment patronage and racial grievance would never allow that.
Much respect to Mr Dorsey for vocal support.
Truth be told, a debate between candidates RFK Jr and Marianne Williamson would be far more illuminating and interesting than those involving the tired old gascan Dem politicians spouting their canned lines. It’s just too bad the party of establishment patronage and racial grievance would never allow that.
Thanks for this piece, however does anyone care anymore about Dorsey’s opinions about anything, never mind politics? Certainly no Democrats rate him…
‘He has used his platform on Twitter, which has 6.5 million followers…’
‘He has used his platform on Twitter, which has 6.5 million followers…’
Thanks for this piece, however does anyone care anymore about Dorsey’s opinions about anything, never mind politics? Certainly no Democrats rate him…
He is drawn to likes, nothing else.
He is drawn to likes, nothing else.
“Anti-war” is the well-heeled way of advocating turning a blind eye to thuggery, provided said thug is not bombing your hometown. Yet.
“Anti-war” is the well-heeled way of advocating turning a blind eye to thuggery, provided said thug is not bombing your hometown. Yet.
Thought it said ‘Why I’m Blacking-Up For RFK’ for a second.
But that would be ridiculous
Thought it said ‘Why I’m Blacking-Up For RFK’ for a second.
But that would be ridiculous
“…the Democratic National Committee says it won’t sponsor any.”
This is all any thinking person needs to know in order to lament what has happened to democracy in America.
“…the Democratic National Committee says it won’t sponsor any.”
This is all any thinking person needs to know in order to lament what has happened to democracy in America.
How old is Mr Kennedy?
How old is Mr Kennedy?
If you did not feel safer in the knowledge that Joe Biden had one of the world’s sets of nuclear codes, then you must do so in the knowledge that, since it is a problem for a former President to take them home, those codes must never change. Bill Clinton left office as a very clever 54-year-old, and Barack Obama did so as a 55-year-old with no flies on him. George W. Bush was 62 and he was George W. Bush, but he had quite the entourage. Jimmy Carter, though, is 98. Think on.
We are told that for a warrant to have been issued against Donald Trump under the Espionage Act, then the judge to whom application had been made would have had to have been shown probable cause. But probable cause is not in itself the same thing as proof, and in any case Julian Assange has also been charged under that Act. He has been so on the “testimony” of Siggi Thordarson, a convicted fraudster and paedophile whom the FBI paid $10,000, and who has since admitted that he had made up the whole thing.
Look, I would hardly be surprised if Trump turned out to be guilty. But which of them is not? Yet this action is attempted only against him. No one would be bothering unless they expected him to beat Biden, than whom he would be no worse, and in some ways better. Support the admittedly questionable Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inside the Democratic Party, and the still flawed by considerably better Cornel West outside the Democratic Party, as far as each of them will go. If that ended in a Trump restoration, then not only could worse things happen, but worse things are happening right now. The Kennedy and West candidacies are not expressions of vanity or narcissism. That is the desire to remain President of the United States until the age of 86.
If you did not feel safer in the knowledge that Joe Biden had one of the world’s sets of nuclear codes, then you must do so in the knowledge that, since it is a problem for a former President to take them home, those codes must never change. Bill Clinton left office as a very clever 54-year-old, and Barack Obama did so as a 55-year-old with no flies on him. George W. Bush was 62 and he was George W. Bush, but he had quite the entourage. Jimmy Carter, though, is 98. Think on.
We are told that for a warrant to have been issued against Donald Trump under the Espionage Act, then the judge to whom application had been made would have had to have been shown probable cause. But probable cause is not in itself the same thing as proof, and in any case Julian Assange has also been charged under that Act. He has been so on the “testimony” of Siggi Thordarson, a convicted fraudster and paedophile whom the FBI paid $10,000, and who has since admitted that he had made up the whole thing.
Look, I would hardly be surprised if Trump turned out to be guilty. But which of them is not? Yet this action is attempted only against him. No one would be bothering unless they expected him to beat Biden, than whom he would be no worse, and in some ways better. Support the admittedly questionable Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inside the Democratic Party, and the still flawed by considerably better Cornel West outside the Democratic Party, as far as each of them will go. If that ended in a Trump restoration, then not only could worse things happen, but worse things are happening right now. The Kennedy and West candidacies are not expressions of vanity or narcissism. That is the desire to remain President of the United States until the age of 86.