In a press release published yesterday, RFK Jr. says that Donald Trump's guilty verdict is "profoundly undemocratic" and represents a troubling trend of using the justice system as a political weapon:
In these critical times, the integrity of our democracy is being challenged like never before. The events surrounding former President Donald Trump's legal battles have brought this issue to the forefront, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made his stance clear.
Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York hush-money case marks an unprecedented moment in U.S. history, one that RFK Jr. called “profoundly undemocratic.”
The Democrats, fearful of losing at the voting booth, have instead challenged President Trump in the courtroom. Kennedy believes it will backfire.
This criminalization of politics is not the path to a true democracy. You can’t save democracy by destroying it first.