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Kennedy condemns the removal of Confederate monuments
JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press
3 weeks ago
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during the Libertarian National
Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2024.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
PHOENIX (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. has condemned the removal of Confederate statues, saying he had a
“visceral reaction against” the destruction of monuments honoring
southern leaders from the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee, the top Confederate general, had “extraordinary
qualities of leadership” that deserve to be celebrated, Kennedy said
Friday in an interview for the Timcast IRL, which is hosted by
conservative podcaster Tim Pool.
“There were heroes in the Confederacy who didn’t have slaves,”
Kennedy said in response to a question about the monuments. “And, you
know, I just, I just have a visceral reaction to this destroying
history. I don’t like it. I think we should celebrate who we are. And
that, you know, we should celebrate the good qualities of everybody.”
Celebrating only people who were “completely virtuous” would mean erasing all of history, Kennedy said.
The comment is another controversial pronouncement from the former
Democrat, who is waging an uphill battle to become the first person
since George Washington to be elected president without a political
party affiliation.
Kennedy, who is trying to stitch together a coalition of Americans
disaffected with both major parties, has promoted himself as a fierce
advocate for free speech who is willing to take controversial stands.
Allies of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic
and Republican nominees, respectively, view Kennedy with trepidation and
worry that Kennedy will earn enough support to tilt the election.
Activists have pushed for years to remove monuments and rename
buildings that honor leaders of the Confederacy, calling them symbols of
racism.
“We need to be able to be sophisticated enough to live with, you
know, our ancestors who didn’t agree with us on everything and who did
things that are now regarded as immoral or wrong, because they, you
know, maybe they had other qualities,” Kennedy said.
