At the same time, Kennedy has said that he is “appalled” by late-term abortion and that he will work to “end those in other ways.”
He has said that his economic plan would help to reduce the number of abortions.
Religious freedom
Kennedy has been very critical of the 2020 COVID lockdowns, which included the closing of churches and clamping down on religious assembly.
“One of the things that happened was that we created this terrible precedent where the government has shown that people are willing to comply when it violates the Constitution,” Kennedy said during a podcast episode with conservative commentator Jason Whitlock. “And we did this with free expression. They closed the churches for a year with no due process, no just compensation.”
LGBTQ+ issues
Speaking with local outlet FOX Carolina News in July, Kennedy said that it is “just wrong” to allow male athletes to compete in women’s sports as transgender females.
“I don’t think that people who were born biologically male should be playing in women’s sports,” he said. “It just doesn’t seem fair that a man can walk off a baseball field or a basketball court onto a women’s court and take up those positions.”
Regarding LGBTQ+ ideology being taught in schools, Kennedy said that though transgender persons “should be respected,” he believes “parents need to have the final say about what’s taught to their children in schools.”
What are his priorities?
Kennedy is best known for his environmental activism and his staunch opposition to vaccine mandates. As a presidential candidate, however, Kennedy has focused on other issues such as ending American involvement in foreign wars, increasing government transparency, and reversing the impacts of inflation.
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On his campaign website, Kennedy promises to “end the forever wars, clean up government, increase wealth for all, and tell Americans the truth.”
“It’s going to be very hard to tell whether my administration is left or right,” Kennedy said on Monday. “Is it right or left wing to support small farms? Is it right or left to pull our nation back from the brink of war with Russia? Is it right or left to implement a tamper-proof election system that also guarantees that everyone has the right to vote?”
Stopping the war in Ukraine
Kennedy supports reducing military spending and American involvement in foreign wars such as in Ukraine in order to allow the nation to devote greater resources to domestic problems.
His campaign website says that he “will find a diplomatic solution that brings peace to Ukraine and brings our resources back where they belong.”
“As president, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will start the process of unwinding empire. We will bring the troops home. We will stop racking up unpayable debt to fight one war after another,” Kennedy’s campaign website says, explaining that “the military will return to its proper role of defending our country.”