RFK Jr. steps up Trump attacks as rivals angle for Libertarian support

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched some of his most pointed attacks of the campaign against former President Donald Trump on Friday, as both Kennedy and the presumptive GOP nominee seek to make inroads with libertarian voters. Kennedy, 70, had largely steered clear of directly criticizing Trump, saving his harshest rhetoric for President Biden — even as Trump attacked RFK Jr. as a “radical” and a “Democrat Plant” who would ensure Biden’s re-election Nov. 5 by taking votes from the GOP standard-bearer. But RFK Jr. took the gloves off when addressing delegates to the Libertarian Party’s national convention at the Washington Hilton. “President Trump allowed his health regulators to mandate science-free social distancing,” Kennedy said, accusing the 45th president of doing nothing during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect freedoms of speech, assembly and worship from “the greatest restriction on civil liberties this country has ever known.” Read more at htt