Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he expects an independent White House to be “pro-Democrat” and a “wasted protest vote” after a fierce social media attack by former Republican President Donald Trump. Trump dismissed Donald Trump as “unstable” after he criticized him for being “unstable.”
“When frightened men use social media, they run the risk of verbal abuse that can make them sound like they're unfazed,” Kennedy said. I have written A post that also served as a debate challenge for Saturday's X. “President Trump's tirade against me is a largely incoherent barrage of wild and inaccurate allegations that are best resolved in America's traditional presidential debate.”
Both Mr. Trump and Democratic incumbent Joe Biden have come to see Mr. Kennedy as a threat to their prospects in the November election, amid concerns that he could siphon enough votes to sway the race. . But on Friday, it was Trump who aired his frustrations over the specter of Kennedy in a screed on the Truth social platform, an independent that was thrown into the field to help Biden's re-election chances. He insisted it was his choice to choose technology lawyer Nicole Shanahan. Because his vice president was unscrupulous.
“RFK Jr. is a 'plant' for the Democratic Party,” President Trump wrote. “A vote for Junior is essentially a wasted protest vote that could swing either way, but would only swing against Democrats if Republicans knew the truth about him. ”
Although President Trump has consistently encouraged Biden to debate, he has not held many debates himself. He skipped all of this year's Republican presidential primary debates, withdrew from the second debate with Biden before losing the Oval Office to Biden in 2020, and is expected to join his party in 2022. urged the national committee to withdraw from the organization that hosts presidential debates.
Nevertheless, President Kennedy wrote Saturday that if President Trump were to meet him on stage, he would attack the former president over, among other things, the Ukraine war.
Until Congress approved the Ukraine aid package on Tuesday, President Trump remained largely silent on whether Congress should support the Ukraine aid package. He received Biden's signature on Wednesday.
“He promised to end the war in Ukraine,” Kennedy said, referring in part to Trump. “after that [he] They colluded…and provided funding. ”
A recent poll from The Hill/Decision Desk shows Kennedy's approval rating at 7.7%, lower than Biden and Trump, who are currently tied.
President Trump has been accused of trying to forcefully overturn his loss to Biden, improperly preserving classified documents after taking office, and paying illegally concealed hush money to an adult film actor. , has managed to make November's election competitive despite having more than 80 criminal charges pending.
The trial in the case, which centers on hidden hush money payments, is scheduled to enter its third week on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, President Trump also faces millions of dollars in civil fines for what is deemed to be fraudulent conduct and claims that he raped women (claims that a judge found to be materially true). are doing.
Kennedy is the son and nephew, respectively, of former U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, who were assassinated in the 1960s. Although he was once a Democrat like his prominent predecessors and had a strong record on environmental issues, he has long drifted to the political right, espousing conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine views, and some believe could attract Trump supporters.
On April 15, Kennedy claimed that President Trump had unsuccessfully asked him to be his running mate in the November campaign. Prominent members of the Kennedy political dynasty loudly endorsed Biden's re-election campaign three days later.
