ICYMI: POLITICO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s Struggles to Fundraise Confirms Zero Path to Victory and Spoiler Status

Cash Crunch Underscores Why RFK, Jr. Tapped Billionaire Anti-vaxxer Nicole Shanahan for VP Pick

WASHINGTON, DC – As reported in Politico, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is on “financial life support” – signaling again that the RFK Jr. campaign has zero path to victory and will only play spoiler to President Biden’s re-election bid. While successful campaigns are creative in how they raise money, RFK’s camp has resorted to wild tactics like hawking raffle tickets for whale watching, sunset cruises, and falconry. Politico notes that these tactics “have only resulted in anemic small-dollar donation totals,” and the campaign is so desperate for the appearance of fundraising success that they are paying supporters back 15% of any funds they help donate.

RFK Jr.’s struggles in the fundraising department make it crystal clear why he chose Nicole Shanahan – the bleach-brained billionaire known for peddling dangerous misinformation about vaccines and reproductive care like IVF. 

Even RFK Jr.’s allies and people on his Vice Presidential shortlist have called out Shanahan’s $10 million cash infusion into the campaign. Former Governor Jesse Ventura pointed out:  “They can be beat. He chose money over votes, I guess, because his running mate’s filthy rich!”

“RFK Jr. and his campaign’s buffoonish fundraising tactics prove what we already know: RFK Jr. has no credible path to victory, and his continued presence in this race is to benefit Donald Trump, who shares his equally toxic stances on everything from health care to immigration. Because his campaign cannot coalition build through fundraising, he’s relying on a deep-pocketed and unhinged Nicole Shanahan to carry out his spoiler campaign to throw the election and deny Biden the White House,” said MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne. 

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