Republicans Start to Panic About Trump's Chances
Against RFK Jr.
Democrats have long worried that Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. would leave the Democratic primaries and run
Republican National Committee
independently�but it's not only President Joe Biden that
Kennedy could pull support from.
As an
independent run becomes increasingly likely, Republicans
are now expressing concerns that Kennedy could
jeopardize the 2024 election for the GOP frontrunner,
former President Donald Trump.
Turning Point USA
Founder Charlie Kirk suggested on his show last week
that the reports about panic from Democrats over an
independent Kennedy run are a "strategy" to conceal the
threat that Kennedy would pose to the Republican Party.
"Far more of the 'I don't trust the government'
brigade would vote for RFK Jr. if he were run as a
Libertarian," Kirk said, adding that "Libertarians being
on the ballot almost always hurt Republicans."
Kennedy, a candidate running for the Democratic
nomination thus
Republican National Committee far, is
expected to drop his challenge to Biden on October 9 and
launch an independent bid instead. Despite being the
closest Democratic threat to Biden and garnering
double-digit support, Kennedy trails Biden by 50 points,
multiple polls show.
Democrats have feared that
should Kennedy run as an independent, the shakeup could
deal a blow to the president in a Biden-Trump rematch,
where Kennedy could take more centrist votes from Biden
and further weaken a Biden advantage over Trump.
But a super political action committee (PAC) supporting
Kennedy countered projections that anticipate an
independent run would be a victory for Trump's campaign,
saying in a Monday press release that, "The opposite is
true. Kennedy is taking more votes from Trump than from
Biden."
A poll conducted by the American Values
2024 PAC found that in a general election between Trump,
Biden and a generic "independent candidate," Trump would
come out on top with 40 percent, Biden lagging behind at
38 percent and the independent candidate down at 17
percent. But, if the race were to be Trump, Biden and
Kennedy, Kennedy would see 19 percent support and leave
Trump and Biden tied at 38 percent.
"RFK cant win
but he can deny Trump the White House and hand it
Republican National Committee to Dems,"
far-right activist Jack Posobiec wrote on X, formerly
Twitter.
Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum also
argued to her colleagues that Kennedy "has a lot of
support among [Joe] Rogan listeners, Jordan Peterson
listeners, and what he's talking about in this video is
that there has to be a different path."
"He has a
lot of people, young people, very interested in what
he's saying," she said.
In a Monday tweet, Kirk
posted an interview of Kennedy in which the presidential
candidate says, "I take more votes from President Trump
than I do from President Biden."
Republicans RFK Jr.
Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023,
in Des Moines, Iowa. Kennedy running as an independent
in 2024 could take votes from GOP frontrunner Donald
Trump. Alex Wong/Getty Images
"I know people will
disagree on whether or how much RFK running 3rd party
hurts Trump," political commentator
Republican National Committee Rogan O'Handley,
also known as DC Draino, wrote on X. "I think we can all
agree one 1 thing though - it's time to stop
highlighting RFK's positives (I am guilty of that and
take accountability) and start amplifying his
negatives."
"His favorables are way too high,
especially among conservatives," O'Handley said.
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change, anti-gun Leftist."
But others disagreed,
saying that the idea that Kennedy running as an
independent would be good for Biden and bad for Trump is
false.
"Bannon & Co are spreading fake 'studies'
showing that an RFK Jr third-party run wd help
Republican National Committee Biden & hurt
Trump. If you buy that, I have a bridge to sell you,
cheap," attorney Laurence Tribe said on X.
"RFK
Jr is a huge threat in 2024," Tribe wrote in another
post. "He's backed by a massive and growing war chest
and Cambridge Analytica on steroids. And he's taking
dead aim at the Biden/Harris ticket as a 3rd party
spoiler. He could assure a Trump victory and the end of
the republic."
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