Washington, D.C. – Today MoveOn Political Action raises the alarm on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign dropping all pretenses that its primary goal is to elect Donald Trump. See coverage below.
The Washington Post: RFK Jr.'s running mate drops the pretense about helping Trump
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For as long as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been running for president, Democrats have cast him as a stalking horse for Donald Trump. But Kennedy has consistently denied playing the role of spoiler. When a Kennedy campaign official gave a detailed presentation laying out how he could help Trump, the Kennedy campaign distanced itself from her.
But now Kennedy’s vice-presidential running mate, Nicole Shanahan, has dropped any pretense. She indicated in a new podcast interview that the Kennedy campaign would prefer to help Trump than see Vice President Kamala Harris win the presidency. And she even floated the idea that she and Kennedy could drop out of the race to assist in that outcome.
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“There’s two options that we’re looking at,” Shanahan said. “One is staying in, forming that new party. But we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and [Tim] Walz presidency, because we draw ... somehow more votes from Trump.
“Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump, and ... explain to our base why we’re making this decision.”
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Shanahan’s comments also come, it bears emphasizing, shortly after it became evident that Kennedy was suddenly hurting Trump.
Shanahan said generally positive things about Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, despite Kennedy’s having said back in April that he “oppose[d] Donald Trump and all he stands for.”
She also played up the idea of Kennedy serving in the Trump administration and even of her falling back on a run for office in California. (Trump responded to Shanahan’s comments by telling CNN that he would entertain giving Kennedy a job in exchange for Kennedy’s dropping out and endorsing him.)
Needless to say, these are not generally the kinds of things you hear from a serious campaign that is full speed ahead. Merely airing them publicly is likely to give would-be supporters pause; one donor set to hold a fundraiser for Kennedy told ABC News he is now canceling the event.
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