Posted on 08/23/2024 9:51:22 AM PDT by Signalman
Anumber of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supporters recently said on social media they will vote for Donald Trump if the independent presidential candidate drops out of the 2024 election and endorses the Republican nominee as a new poll found that if Kennedy Jr. leaves the race more of his supporters would lean towards backing the former president than Vice President Kamala Harris.
It follows unconfirmed reports that Kennedy Jr. will withdraw from the White House race and offer Trump his endorsement later today. Kennedy Jr. is due to deliver an "address to the nation" at 2 p.m. ET from Phoenix, Arizona, though when contacted by Newsweek his team said they had "no further details to share" about the event.
Kennedy Jr., meanwhile, has already submitted letters to withdraw from the presidential ballot in Arizona, according to the Associated Press. Trump is also due to hold a rally in Glendale, a suburb of Pheonix, later this evening.
Speculation that Kennedy Jr. could drop out of the race surged after Nicole Shanahan, his running mate, suggested the pair could "walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump" in a podcast interview released on Tuesday. In response, Trump praised Kennedy Jr. during a CNN interview, calling him a "brilliant guy," and said he would be "open" to offering him a job in a second Trump administration.
A number of self-described Kennedy Jr. supporters on X, formerly Twitter, said they are either open to switching their votes to Trump should the environmental campaigner and vaccine sceptic leave the contest, or had already decided to do so.
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There has been no offer, and the Democrats actually did that for Biden back in 2020 when they got Buttigieg to drop out for a cabinet job.
Come on now. Why’d you post that pic? I was planning on eating some time this week. 🤢🤮
You can not dismiss the weight RFKJr’s voice carries with the people who back/backed him. Probably one of the last free thinking people within the Democratic party and he has what he believes in (I certainly don’t agree with all his positions), but you can look at him and see a man who has integrity.
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