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In his speech on Friday, Mr. Kennedy implied that Mr. Trump had offered him a role in his second administration, dealing with health care and food and drug policy. “We’re going to reform the entire food system,” he said.

It's worth noting that Kennedy's health care policy is to bring back measles, that he eats roadkill, and had part of his brain eaten by a worm as a result.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's funny that any time he speaks about policies he supposedly supports, we just instantly know that his position is completely vacuous and it's entirely about how much power and prestige he is given. He doesn't care about any of the issues, just about himself.

Which makes him a very good match for Trump, I suppose. I wonder if they'll butt heads because of that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Let's just hope that the votes he was pulling away from Trump were just because they needed somewhere to go and it was 'Not Trump' first, 'Not Biden' second, and 'Not Democrat' third.

Harris at least fits the first two qualifications, which is what Trump's campaign has been about for 3 years....'Biden Bad'... Unfortunately for his campaign, he's not the only one running who isn't Biden and he's doing a shit job of convincing people otherwise since he has spent practically 0 time signing any blame to someone as inconsequential as a Vice President at any point in any of those the years.

And why would he... doesn't make sense to dillute the blame when he knows there was no way Biden would ever willingly give up the chance to keep the power of the presidency in favor of anyone else.... He certainly couldn't imagine doing that himself.

[–] cabron_offsets 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Sam_Bass 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah that worm ate more of his brain than hes admitting

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