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... and why should they talk with RFK? He's a spoiler candidate. He's literally holding them hostage to the votes he thinks he's going to pull from their campaign to get a seat at the table, and he's so freaking incompetent, he doesn't even realiz e that he's pulling votes from the republican weirdos rather than Democrats.
He’s trying this with both campaigns though. He is just a slimy, opportunistic douche.
Yeah but is it working on any Democrats? I just don't see him pulling votes from anyone but Trump.
When Biden was still running RFK appealed to some voters as a more youthful alternative. The Kennedy name recognition also goes a really long way.
Generally the more people learn about him the less they like him, and Harris becoming the nominee pulled back a lot of the “he’s too old” voters. So RFK’s voter base draws more from Republicans than Democrats now. But it used to be more evenly split.
Additionally, there are still some Democrats (or Dem leaning independents) who like RFK’s antivax nonsense. Before Republicans elevated antivax theories to the party’s platform in 2016, that used to be something most commonly associated with the fringes of liberal communities.
It was while biden was still the candidate. When kamala swapped in, rfk went from 15% to 7%.
I mean... The guy knows he isn't gonna be president. Can't blame him for trying to line up a job after its all over. And he's a slimy opportunistic douche.
Fun fact he actually lost more than half of his support when kamala became the candidate. He was potentially spoiling for biden, but now he's almost exclusively a hindrance to trump.
I agree 100%. However, think about what would happen in the political arena if he were given a position in exchange for endorsing kamala. We all know that many right wingers who don't like trump are RFKs primary supporters. Him supporting kamala would throw this group into a tailspin.
It ain't gonna happen, just sayin' it would be very interesting to watch. A big worry would be his supporters getting pissed and then swinging towards trump.
Still, I'd love to see it for the lulz.