Posted on 06/20/2024 11:43:50 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not meet the criteria to make the debate stage next week, according to the outlet, denying him the opportunity to confront President Biden and Donald J. Trump.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the CNN presidential debate on June 27 by the network’s Thursday deadline, according to the outlet, a significant blow to his independent presidential bid that will deny him a coveted national stage alongside President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
Mr. Kennedy in a statement on Thursday called his exclusion from the debate “undemocratic, un-American and cowardly.”
Qualifying for the CNN debate, one of two presidential debates scheduled before Election Day, would have been a plum prize for the Kennedy campaign. More than 73 million people watched the first debate between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump in 2020, and Mr. Kennedy would have had the opportunity to confront his opponents in front of an extensive national audience.
No third-party or independent presidential candidate has been on the national debate stage since 1992, when the Texas billionaire Ross Perot’s self-funded campaign gained enough momentum to earn him a spot alongside President George Bush and Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas in three debates in the final weeks before the election.
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Yes, prior to the Commission on Presidential Debates that was created in 1987 in advance of the Bush/Dukakis debates.
Also note that prior to the 1996 debates, the panel of questioners were from mixed media, including the competing networks and print journalists. Beginning with the 1996 debates, the only people questioning the candidates were from the network hosting the debates.
-PJ
That would be great!
>> Now, how will they use that to keep President Trump off of the debate stage?
A good Bee meme — CNN only allows Biden to attend the debate
He lied through his teeth about the 2020 election by maintaining the Fox mandated silence to keep his job.
Not to mention his 2 faced attitude for Trump or silence on Jan6.
It was a better system prior to all this IMO. It should not be down to the networks.
The womens league should never have accepted it.
I think Bob Kennedy would’ve probably done very well and wiped the floor with both Trump and Biden. There’s no reason that Kennedy should not have been included in the debate. He’s running a pretty credible campaign. He is on the ballot in something like 23 or 25 states already. I suspect both parties did what they could to keep him from being able to participate.
“I have a bad feeling. There might be a National “emergency” before the debate, thus canceling the event”.
No, the “emergency” will be just before the election.
"This is CNN."
President Trump should invite him to sit in the audience.
I still think JFK JR should be portrayed to the public by the Trump campaign as the legitimate Democratic presidential candidate.
Yea, we should have voted for VA’s Goode. But alas the other VA “Good” is fighting to hold on.
I was just thinking that. That would be great to do so.
“Debate” is a misnomer.
Totally agree, it's a staged Q&A on topics favorable to Biden. A debate is a back and forth, there will be none of that.
This is my shocked face.
“election interference”
He has too be on enough state ballots to get 270 EVs. He’s not close.
But not enough states to get to 270.
There isn’t going to be an audience.
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