Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had harsh words for Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Tuesday after the Louisiana lawmaker “went on an irresponsible tirade” about the country and people of Mexico.
In a statement condemning the senator’s words, Kennedy Jr. worked to make clear that he and the Republican are “neither allied nor related.”
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“Last week, United States Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana went on an irresponsible tirade that insulted the people and government of Mexico. He stated that, if not for us, Mexicans ‘would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a tent behind an Outback.’ He also suggested that the U.S. invade Mexico to subdue the drug cartels,” Kennedy Jr.’s team recounted.
“Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is neither allied with nor related to John Kennedy from Louisiana, and he deplores his statement. RFK, Jr. understands the futility of blaming Mexico for America’s drug problem,” Kennedy Jr. continued.
The presidential candidate commended Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for his efforts to be transparent with his people, fight corruption, and mitigate economic inequality, and his team said those are values the two men share.
“He looks forward to working with President López Obrador to tackle the many problems that the United States and Mexico share in common, and to restore respect to bilateral relations,” the statement concluded.
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Kennedy Jr. is the son of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy. He faces an uphill battle at defeating President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination for president in 2024.
The Louisiana Republican is known for not mincing words, once telling voters who want to defund the police to instead “call a crackhead,” saying amid high gas prices last year that it would be cheaper in his state “to buy cocaine and just run everywhere” rather than drive, and recently claiming the people who elected Democratic mayors elected “the clown,” so they should “expect the circus.”
