Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to arrange a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris to secure a place in her administration or a cabinet post in exchange for an endorsement, according to multiple reports.
The Washington Post first reported that Kennedy made the overture through intermediaries, just weeks after he proposed as similar arrangement to former President Donald Trump after the Republican National Convention last month. The pair spoke about the plan, but did not reach an agreement on the matter.
Harris has not responded with an offer to meet and her campaign has expressed no interest to do so, the Post added.
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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.
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.
It would seem the response he received was not definitively obvious to him prior to asking. I feel this is the most shocking part. It’s like he’s out of touch with reality.
But if I may shitpost:
Maybe it’s high time he cleaned out all those animal carcasses from his freezer.
But Gaza women & children need more bombs? Seriously, why are Democrats so hypocritical these days? Like… RFK Jr. may have done some looney shit but Democrats have literally enabled killing tens of thousand women & children and that is acceptable to them.
Democrats? Why on Earth would you blame the Dems when it’s more than clear that it’s the GOP that is latched onto the AIPAC teat like a barnacle. Remember when Republicans in the House and Senate were demanding aid for Ukraine go to Israel instead?
RFK Jr. wants to send more bombs to Gaza and he has also contributed to plenty of preventable deaths with his years of spreading antivaccination disinformation.
His remarks on leveling Gaza are in the first result I found when I looked up his stance on Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/2024-dark-horse-rfk-jr-questions-gaza-ceasefire-defends-israeli-offensive/
Remember when he supported and backed Obama, or when he threw support behind Hillary? Or that he was a registered Democrat? Or when Obama considered him for administrator of the EPA?
No, because he’s always been a human disease vector with nepo-brain (now with worms!).
It’s like he’s out of touch with reality.
He’s an aging second generation Kennedy who had a brain worm…
They don’t remove those btw, they’re usually killed via medications but the worm is in an organ, you can’t remove it. Like if a dog has heart worms and gets treated, their health will get worse because their body has to deal with dead worms, and then even after the remains decay, there’s holes.
Like, dude probably already put his brain thru enough without a decaying worm, but it shouldn’t be surprising he acts illogical like he has a serious mental problem, because he has a serious mental problem. Absolute best case scenario is by now the worm is gone and he “just” has a big hole in his brain that will never heal.
Was it his doing or worm’s?
“I’m willing to meet with leaders of both parties to discuss the possibility of a unity government," Kennedy told the Post.
What…? A unity government…? Unity with who? RFK’s literal brainworm?
My apologies - I did not mean to offend or denigrate the suffering of his brainworm.
