Trump Attacks R.F.K. Jr., a Third-Party Wild Card

[Kennah]

Source: NY Times

Former President Donald J. Trump attacked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, on Wednesday morning, casting Mr. Kennedy as a liberal Democrat in disguise while also seeming to back him as a spoiler for President Biden’s campaign.

Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, pointed in particular to Mr. Kennedy’s views on climate change and the environment, writing on his social media site that Mr. Kennedy was more “radical Left” than Mr. Biden.

Yet he also professed support for Mr. Kennedy’s campaign, claiming that Mr. Kennedy would be likely to siphon votes from Mr. Biden. “I love that he is running!” Mr. Trump concluded.

Mr. Trump’s post, which came a day after Mr. Kennedy announced his running mate, underscores the political wild card that is Mr. Kennedy’s bid. Even as Mr. Trump asserted that Mr. Kennedy’s independent campaign would be a boon to his own effort to beat Mr. Biden, two Trump campaign officials said they had seen polling that showed Mr. Kennedy drawing support from independent voters in a way that could be equally detrimental to both Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/trump-rfk-jr.html

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[ificandream]

1. I honestly think he'll take more votes away from Trump.

And I think Trump knows that.

[BaronChocula]

3. Trermp is behaving as if that's the case

Hope there's a way to use that in the campaign against him. Political judo.

[pstokely]

6. maybe from people who hate both

maybe some anti-vaxers

[pazzyanne]

2. " casting Mr. Kennedy as a liberal Democrat in disguise"

"It takes one to know one" comes to mind. TFG registered as a Republican in 1987 and since then he has changed his party affiliation five times. He's been Republican, Independent Party, Democrat, and "no party affiliation".

[IronLionZion]

4. The Qanon idiots would get RFK Jr mixed up with JFK Jr.

so he's pulling some conspiracy nuts and antivaxers from Trump. Many MAGA idiots claim to be wanting something different to shake things up, so they might want an alternative to Trump.

Sure he'll get some loony lefties, but probably lots more MAGA morons.

[hueymahl]

5. He's going to get a lot of votes

Ultimate wild card in this election. We should not underestimate him.