Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday that the term "MAGA," or "Make America Great Again," should be embraced.
"The phrase has troubled liberals who think it is a call for a return to an America before civil rights, gay rights, and women's rights," Kennedy wrote in a post on X. "But I have a more generous interpretation, one that is truer to my experience of Donald Trump as he is today.
"'Make America Great Again' recalls a nation brimming with vitality, with a can-do spirit, with hope and a belief in itself. It was an America that was beginning to confront its darker shadows, could acknowledge the injustice in its past and present, yet at the same time could celebrate its successes.
"It was a nation of broad prosperity, the world's most vibrant middle class, and a idealistic belief (though not consistently applied) in freedom, justice, and democracy. It was a nation that led the world in innovation, productivity, and technology. And it was the healthiest country in the world," he wrote.
"I have talked to many Trump supporters. I have talked with his inner circle. I have talked to the man himself. This is the America they want to restore."
Kennedy endorsed Trump after suspending his independent presidential bid on Friday.