By JONATHAN J. COOPER, ALI SWENSON and GABRIEL SANDOVAL
Robert F. Kennedy said Friday he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said his internal polls had showed that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-stage shakeup of the presidential race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters.
Kennedy said his internal polls had shown that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, though recent public polls don’t provide a clear indication that he is having an outsize impact on support for either major-party candidate.
Kennedy cited free speech, the war in Ukraine and “a war on our children” as among the reasons he would try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states.
“These are the principal causes that persuaded me to leave the Democratic Party and run as an independent, and now to throw my support to President Trump,” Kennedy said.
However, he made clear that he wasn’t formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states where they are unlikely to sway the outcome. Kennedy took steps to withdraw his candidacy in at least two states late this week, Arizona and Pennsylvania, but in the battlegrounds of Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, election officials said it’s too late for him to take his name off the ballot even if he wants to do so.
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Well, I am absolutely clutching my pearls over RFK Jr., suspending his campaign. I mean, it was going to make all the difference in the world, and so what are we going to do now that he is no longer in the race? Quick! The sky is falling! Someone DO something! My bad! The “elites” will continue to run the show. Oh, well! Que sera sera!
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RFK Jr’s 4% could make a big difference to Trump’s winning several swing states and I really don’t think he wants to be blamed for Trump losing.
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Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada? So those states want to split the election? Cackles’ Machine is working overtime towards her Uniparty Dream.
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Voting in any other state is for sure a waste of time, Katherine, as they’ve already announced those votes don’t count.
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Kennedy is concerned with the manipulation of the Medical community by the Pharmaceutical companies and the Medical authorities such as the CDC and the WHO. Him joining the Trump team could actually be a good thing!
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If only because of the opportunity Trump’s campaign has to bring so many ugly secrets to public attention.
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