Adviser Bails on RFK Jr.: ‘Hateful and Divisive Atmosphere’
An adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that she is leaving his independent presidential campaign, explaining her decision had been informed by an “increasingly hateful and divisive atmosphere” that “no longer aligns” with her values.
Angela Stanton King, the campaign’s Black voter outreach director and a key figure in the drama surrounding Kennedy’s shifting position on abortion, said in a statement posted on X that she had “decided to step away from the political theatre.” Stanton King said she would nevertheless “continue to advise RFK Jr. on key community issues.”
Stanton King later told The New York Times she had “switched to an informal role” but did not elaborate on the reasons for the switch beyond making reference to her X post. On Wednesday, she wrote in another post on the site that reports suggesting she had “been let go” from the campaign “for ANY reason are 100% ABSOLUTELY FALSE.”