Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. presidential candidate, spoke at a press convention Thursday at Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas. Listed below are a few of his feedback:
Donald Trump’s responsible verdict
“I’ll speak about problems with broader concern. I wish to concentrate on the financial points and the well being points. That is what my marketing campaign is about. I am not going to get dragged into the dust pile. I haven’t got any ideas. I have been very disciplined in not speaking about lawsuits in opposition to [Joe] Biden or Trump.”
Ideas on Trump’s new pro-crypto stance
“I am glad about that. I believe it is a good factor for our nation. Dedication to crypto is a dedication to freedom and transparency. I am not going to query if it was a political choice. I am glad he did it, and I hope President Biden does, too.”
Largest points dealing with crypto regulation within the U.S.
“I believe transactional freedom is one. We’d like sovereignty over our personal wallets, transactional freedom and a foreign money that’s clear. We’d like to ensure America stays the hub of blockchain know-how. I am going to ensure cryptocurrency is regulated in a manner that protects the patron from misleading schemes. I bought 21 bitcoins since I began this marketing campaign. I additionally purchased three cash for every of my youngsters.”
What does the long run maintain for crypto followers?
“My goal if elected president is that crypto is a transactional foreign money. That individuals can have transactional freedom. That individuals have a selection as to whether or not they should purchase it. I believe it ought to be handled as a foreign money; we should not be taxing it as capital positive aspects. I believe there are points in how we try this. I consider that it ought to be a foreign money used to buy issues like apples, lunches and low and that folks can try this.”
What impressed him to run for president
“I toyed with stepping into politics once I was youthful. For 20 years I took that off the plate. I noticed what occurred throughout Covid and when the federal government shut down the financial system. I assumed it was incorrect. The federal government shut down each church, attacked the fifth modification, shut down enterprise with out due course of … they shut down jury trials, they violated prohibitions and I noticed this assault on the structure and censorship, not simply to me however so many individuals who had been making an attempt to speak. I noticed that and it appeared so unethical to my nation. All these conventional values for my occasion and my nation had been disappearing, and I felt I might play a novel position in displaying folks what America’s purported to appear like.”