RFK Jr. May Drop Out of Race and Endorse Trump, Running Mate Says
RFK Jr. May Drop Out of Race and Endorse Trump, Running Mate Says
The Facts
In an interview posted Monday, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Nicole Shanahan, said that Kennedy is considering dropping out of the race in order to "join forces with Donald Trump." Kennedy will reportedly make an address Friday regarding his political future.
Shanahan said that they are also mulling staying in the race and forming a "new party," but that they may "draw more votes from Trump" and increase the odds of Democrat Kamala Harris winning the election. Shanahan blamed the Democratic Party for turning their ticket "into a spoiler."
The Spin
This is heartening news for Republicans, as the RFK Jr. campaign wakes up to the fact that the Democratic Party is the biggest threat to freedom, as they try mercilessly to shut down the Kennedy-Shanahan campaign. TheyThe deserveKennedy-Shanahan ticket deserves plaudits for acknowledging that a Harris presidency would be a disaster, and that Trump would welcome independent-minded voters into the fold.
The mask is finally off on the Kennedy campaign, as they finally admit that they are far from independent or authentically populist and instead seek to aid the Republicans in November. HeKennedy has ceaselessly attempted to court the support of the Trump campaign, as his running mate also says that Trump would be better for the country than Harris. The third-party guise is fooling no one, as Kennedy inches closer towardsto a Trump endorsement and potential future Trump-aligned role.
Kennedy's potentiallypotential droppingdropout outdoesn't does not speak to the weakness of his campaign but to theits strength of it. The fact that an independent, grass-roots movement has brought the Democrats and Republicans to the table to vie for his support goes to show the power thethat a third- party can wield. The Kennedy campaign is about solutions, not partisanship, and they will work with whomeverwhoever will commit to making the country better.