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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says He’s “Looking At” Potential Bid for Libertarian Party Nomination in Recent CNN Interview
Independent Political Report ^ | January 29, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans

Posted on 01/31/2024 6:18:10 AM PST by Angelino97

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may be considering a run for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination following a recent CNN interview conducted over the weekend.

Speaking with CNN anchor Michael Smerconish on Saturday afternoon, Kennedy was asked if he would consider seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. “Is it possible that you will seek still to be the Libertarian candidate, which would assure you getting on all 50 state ballots?” Smerconish said.

“That is something that we’re looking at,” Kennedy responded. “We have a really good, relationship with the Libertarian Party. I’m going to be speaking at the California Libertarian Party convention. I think it’s next week or maybe in a couple of weeks.”

Kennedy also said during the interview that he may speak to New York Libertarians at their upcoming state convention. The Libertarian Party of New York’s state convention is scheduled to take place from March 16 to March 17, 2024, in Watkins Glen, New York.

Smerconish then played an audio clip from an earlier interview between him and Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle, in which McArdle stated that Kennedy and the party had “a lot of good conversations” and are on “good terms.”

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1 posted on 01/31/2024 6:18:10 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Not t good idea! I remember how Ross Perot queered the last election we had with a 3rd party option


2 posted on 01/31/2024 6:23:02 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: Angelino97

The big problem is Kennedy is NOT a Libertarian. He is a Big Government Nanny State guy.


3 posted on 01/31/2024 6:23:57 AM PST by MMusson
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To: MMusson

With Marxist tendencies!


4 posted on 01/31/2024 6:27:22 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: MMusson; All

He should be the green party Nominee. I notice no one is asking him about thay because that would ensure the right type of voters would support him and not the ones just fooled by labels. Problem is that would pull a lot of support from Democrats


5 posted on 01/31/2024 6:30:09 AM PST by wiseprince (Me)
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To: MMusson

The big problem is Kennedy is NOT a Libertarian. He is a Big Government Nanny State guy.

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Yep. I have put my money were my mouth is and actually voted libertarian in presidential elections in the past, and I would not vote for Kennedy. At least not with Trump on the same ballot anyway, but even without. He strikes me as a bigtime regulation and tax kinda guy.


6 posted on 01/31/2024 6:35:08 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: wiseprince
The Green Party has less ballot access than the LP.

I doubt the LP will nominate Kennedy, though the LP does enjoy being courted by successful politicians. Makes the LP feel important and relevant.

Much like a woman who enjoys the courtship of suitors, even if she intends to reject them after the flowers and compliments.

7 posted on 01/31/2024 6:36:20 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

““That is something that we’re looking at,” Kennedy responded.”

Who is “we”? Kennedy and his speech therapist?


8 posted on 01/31/2024 6:37:00 AM PST by plain talk
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To: SMARTY

Kennedy and other third parties that are on the ballot in 2024, which were not in 2020 (dems bribed them to stay off), make the math impossible for the Dems to win, particularly if Biden is the nominee.

Dems will lose easily 2-3% (and possibly much more) in states they can’t afford to lose a vote in to these candidates.


9 posted on 01/31/2024 6:39:31 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: MMusson

Other than vaccinations, every tendency of Robert and the rest of the Kennedys has been to take money from one person and give it to another, while accumulating power over both (and making sure the Kennedy family pays little or none of those taxes). If the Libertarian Party whores itself out for the Kennedy publicity it will join the Republicans as a Democrat Auxiliary party.


10 posted on 01/31/2024 6:41:33 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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He’s not really all that libertarian


11 posted on 01/31/2024 6:42:36 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: SMARTY

RFK belongs in the green party. Him running as Libertarian will rescue Biden. This is very bad news


12 posted on 01/31/2024 6:47:27 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: z3n

“””” I have put my money were my mouth is and actually voted libertarian in presidential elections in the past””””

Did you know their agenda and platform?


13 posted on 01/31/2024 6:47:44 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Angelino97

No libertarian, he. I like his vax deal. Thats about it


14 posted on 01/31/2024 6:55:10 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Angelino97

RFK JR really doesn’t have a shot at president no matter what party he represents, although Libertarian is certainly better than Independent.
I think if Trump wins in November, making RFK JR the acting head of the CIA would be perfect. He would finally be able to find out what happened to his father and uncle, and heads would roll.
It would be a delicious sort of irony after all these years, particularly for those of us who remember November 1963.
It would also be payback for what the intel community did to President Trump.


15 posted on 01/31/2024 7:04:00 AM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: Angelino97

Katherine Hepburn on large doses of marijuana talking into a an electric fan.


16 posted on 01/31/2024 7:10:38 AM PST by Leep (I've got a virus twice in one month. Should i lock myself down for 2 yrs. Just to be safe?)
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To: Thapsus_epiphany

> RFK JR really doesn’t have a shot at president

Funny you should phrase it that way.


17 posted on 01/31/2024 7:11:30 AM PST by Flatus I. Maximus
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To: Thapsus_epiphany

In our current climate, how do you think the public would react if they ever learned what the Libertarian policies on the border are, or their response to pedophilia?


18 posted on 01/31/2024 7:24:14 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Angelino97

I get the impression RFK’s bid is fizzling.. am I wrong?

I just don’t get the impression there is much excitement.


19 posted on 01/31/2024 7:36:02 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: Angelino97

The myth that Perot cost Bush reflection is a lie pushed by Bush. Polls and surveys after the fact showed Perot took Clinton voters that were never going to vote for Bush.
Liberaltarians are sideways Democrats so go for it Bobby boy.


20 posted on 01/31/2024 7:41:47 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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