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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What a surprise.
It’s not right. CNN should be ashamed
I dont like this exclusion stuff regardless who it is.
Didn’t the womens league invite candidates not tv execs ?
Of course RFK jr. failed, because the CNN requirement was not to make Biden look competent. Now, how will they use that to keep President Trump off of the debate stage?
too bad - preparing for his participation would really have put JoeyBoy on OverLoad+ which i wanted to experience.
Didn’t qualify?! What, do you have to be a scratch golfer?
That’s good luck for Brandon. He was going to be overwhelmed anyway, but at least now he won’t be outnumbered also.
CNN knew that if RFK Jr was at the debate he and Trump would tag team and take out Biden, that is what they feared, RFK Jr takes votes from biden, NOT Trump
So did they say what RK jr would have had to do to qualify for their debate - or are they just making up crap as they go along to get the result they wanted?
Hey, they’re just protecting democracy, by keeping most opposition candidates out of the debates, and trying to put the only one who qualifies for the debate in prison...
I wonder if Trump could bring RFK along anyway, make a scene when the debate starts about how a robust debate is necessary for our Republic, and then let RFK take his place on principle. It would invalidate all of PedoJoe’s debate prep, and all the gotcha questions prepped by the moderator.
Now we know, the data shows RFK’s presence hurts Traitor Joe so he’s out. I’m ticked agreed to this rigg job. He had leverage and he didn’t use it
Would it be a good idea for Trump to debate RFK Jr. (on say Tucker Calson’s platform) if Biden ducks June 27?
If almost no percent Rand Paul can make it to the stage, Kennedy, Jr., should.
I have a bad feeling. There might be a National “emergency” before the debate, thus canceling the event.
It’s quite possible!
That would be awesome! I would pay to watch that.
Past years had them.
2012 PBS news summary:
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are not the only ones racing for the Oval office this fall and are part of the debates.
Jill Stein from the Green Party emphasizes environmentalism.
Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party focuses on stricter penalties for illegal immigrants, gaining substantial support from the Christian right.
Rocky Anderson from the one-year-old Justice Party advocates economic justice. They want to end the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
The Libertarian Party, with the former Republican governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson as its candidate.
Absolutely agree
It just never sits right they exclude and always demand a head 2 head.
Turn it off
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