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WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
In exchange for endorsing Trump, Kennedy, 70, was hoping for a
job in a potential Trump administration, a super PAC supporting
Kennedy told Reuters on Wednesday.
Strategists have said it was unclear how Kennedy's endorsement
would help Trump, who is in a tight contest with Democratic Vice
President Kamala Harris.
KEY QUOTES
"We're working on policy issues together," Kennedy, better known
by his initials RFK Jr, told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson
in an interview posted on X on Monday.
"I have been asked to go on to the transition team to help pick
the people who will be running the government and I am looking
forward to that."
The Trump campaign had no immediate comment.
CONTEXT
An environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist and descendent of
a Democratic political dynasty, Kennedy entered the race in 2023
as a challenger to President Joe Biden for the Democratic
nomination and then switched to run as an independent.
But voter interest in Kennedy waned this summer as Trump
survived an assassination attempt and Biden passed the campaign
torch to Harris. Kennedy courted many controversies and
proclaimed he had "many skeletons in my closet."
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Mary
Milliken and Cynthia Osterman)
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