Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign received millions in donations Tuesday after he announced he was switching from the Democratic Party to a run as an independent.

American Values, a super PAC affiliated with Mr. Kennedy, said it raised $11 million within six hours of his party switch.

“Americans don’t like censorship or propaganda and they are tired of being lied to,” Tony Lyons, co-founder of the super PAC, said in a statement. “It’s clear that Bobby is inspiring a populist movement that unites left and right, black and white, rural and urban, young and old.”

“His campaign is a movement built for and by people, not corrupt politicians and corporations. You can see it from town to town across the country: There is a real electricity and a palpable desire for change,” he said.

More than $28 million has been raised by the super PAC since it was founded in 2022, according to the super PAC.

Mr. Kennedy announced his divorce from the Democratic Party on Monday at an event in Philadelphia.

“And finally, we declare independence from the two political parties and the corrupt interests that dominate them and the entire rigged system of rancor, of rage, of corruption, of lies that has turned government officials into indentured servants for their corporate bosses,” Mr. Kennedy said at the event.

He took shots at his major party opponents, saying President Biden is too old to serve another term and former President Donald Trump is engrossed in his civil and criminal trials.

“Millions of independent-minded Americans are seeing through the most powerful censorship and propaganda campaign against any candidate in American political history,” Mr. Lyons wrote. “They are angry at the [Democratic National Committee] for attempting to disenfranchise them, eager to support an honest Democrat and more open than ever before in American history to an Independent and honest candidate.”

Cornel West, a liberal icon, is also running as an independent after leaving the Green Party. 

• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.