RFK Jr’s environmental colleagues beg him to drop presidential campaign after Kennedy family endorses Biden

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s former environmental colleagues, along with several national organisations, have called for him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.

Twelve environmental groups published an open letter on Friday calling for Americans to “reject” RFK Jr and “the toxic beliefs he promotes before it’s too late.” The list of co-signers includes the political arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council, where Mr Kennedy used to work as an environmental attorney.

The scathing letter, published just ahead of Earth Day, calls RFK Jr a “dangerous conspiracy theorist” and “science denier.”

“Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not an environmentalist,” the letter reads. “He is a dangerous conspiracy theorist and science denier whose agenda would be a disaster for our communities and the planet.”

Brett Hartl with the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, one of the co-signing organisations, said RFK Jr is “co-opting” the environmental movement for his own purposes.

“He’s doing a huge disservice to the actual environmental community that that works day in and day out to actually protect the environment,” Mr Hartl told The Independent.

“You can’t solve the climate crisis by promoting conspiracy theories,” he continued.

RFK Jr has infamously spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and vaccinations. The candidateone claimed that imposing vaccine passports were similar to the extermination policies of Nazi Germany in a January 2022 speech. He later apologised for these comments.

The National Resources Defense Council Action Fund is also funding political advertisements in swing states against the nephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy.

“In nothing more than a vanity candidacy, RFK Jr. has chosen to play the role of