When the conservative activist group Turning Point USA (TPUSA) recently announced that it would hold a rally in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, the flyer said the guest of honor would be Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump.
On Thursday, news broke that another (secret) special guest would appear with Trump, and rumors circulated that it would be independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As we wrote earlier, Kennedy suspended campaigning in several swing states ahead of the November election to avoid being a spoilsport; during the same press conference, he also endorsed Trump for the presidency.
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Trump began by telling rally attendees that the Republican Party is “the party of common sense”:
He continued:
You say what you want. That’s nice when you’re talking conservative, but in reality we are the party of common sense.
We want fair elections, free elections, we want forceful borders, we want a forceful military, we want a forceful education, we want a nice home and low interest rates and low taxes and few regulations.
For this reason, the movement is gaining “millions” of recent supporters, “dissatisfied Democrats” who are “joining it like wildfire.”
One of those disillusioned Democrats is independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And as it turns out, he was the guest after all. Watch Trump introduce him:
And this was the reaction of the committed, conservative crowd when he took the stage:
Another perspective on the spectacular appearance and Trump shaking his hand:
When he returned to the microphone, Trump said that RFK Jr. supported the campaign’s agenda, which included not funding any more foreign wars:
Kennedy then addressed the rally and reiterated his support for the Trump-Vance team:
RedState will continue to cover the merger of these two political heavyweights as the election cycle heads toward November. Stay tuned!
Related: Kennedy family is rightly ridiculed after RFK Jr. abandons his campaign and endorses Trump
