RFK, jr. and Trump's Achilles Heel

[mystery-ak]

August 4, 2023
RFK, jr. and Trump's Achilles Heel
By Douglas Schwartz

History provides examples of third-party presidential candidates swinging elections. Ross Perot denied George H.W. Bush a second term in 1992, running on the Reform Party ticket and garnering 18.9% of the popular vote.  Bill Clinton won with only 43.0%.  In 1980, Congressman John Anderson ran an incoherent candidacy yet captured 6.6% of votes. Reagan prevailed over Carter 50.7% to 41.0%.  It is unclear if Anderson’s bid was engineered by Reagan’s campaign to split votes from Carter. Teddy Roosevelt's 1912 third-party run split Republican votes, yielding Woodrow Wilson, the first progressive leftist president.

Now comes RFK Jr. with a platform exhibiting substantial overlap with the MAGA agenda. Kennedy's recent interview with James O'Keefe reveals his targeting of MAGA voters, especially younger ones unfamiliar with his family’s dark history.

    44:30: I think because of my ability to attract Independents and many, many Republicans that I actually have probably a better chance of winning the election than any other Democratic candidate.

Trump’s Achilles heel was allowing himself to be bamboozled into supporting the COVID narrative of the pharmaceutical-medical-globalist complex. Because of his congenital reluctance to issue a mea culpa and admit that he was conned, Kennedy could potentially appeal to this large segment of the electorate. Perhaps Trump is banking a mea culpa for an October 2024 surprise.

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[Kamaji]

If MAGA are taken in by RFK Jr., then they really are as stupid as some claim they are.

[WhatWouldReaganDo]

If MAGA are taken in by RFK Jr., then they really are as stupid as some claim they are.

Well, they were taken in by Trump.

[corbe]

  IMHO RFK, Jr is also taking donations away from Trump.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

If MAGA are taken in by RFK Jr., then they really are as stupid as some claim they are.

They're not monolithic, so I imagine some are, and some aren't.

[goatprairie]

Many people on the right have been taken in by RFK Jr's opposition to mandatory vaccines. They think that makes him an ideological friend.
Perusing his support of a many important issues, they would be wrong to think that.
RFK jr. is one of those people on the left who would love to throw many people on the right either into prison or line them up against the wall.
He is not a friend of the right. I think he's more a nut that a viable political entity.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Many people on the right have been taken in by RFK Jr's opposition to mandatory vaccines. They think that makes him an ideological friend.
Perusing his support of a many important issues, they would be wrong to think that.
RFK jr. is one of those people on the left who would love to throw many people on the right either into prison or line them up against the wall.
He is not a friend of the right. I think he's more a nut that a viable political entity.

 

[corbe]

RFK Jr.’s Super-PAC Received Most Of Its Funding From GOP Megadonor

Antonio Pequeño IV
Forbes Staff

Jul 31, 2023,08:13pm EDT

 A super-PAC backing Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reported Monday a $5 million donation from Trump donor Timothy Mellon—marking another GOP supporter backing a presidential campaign characterized by misinformation and conspiracy theories.

The RFK Jr.-supporting super-PAC American Values 2024 reported it raised $9.8 million through the end of June and received a $5 million donation from Mellon, accounting for more than half of the super-PAC’s fundraising during the first half of the year.

The donation from Mellon was provided in April, not long before Kennedy officially launched his presidential campaign.

Mellon touted RFK Jr. in a statement reported by Politico on Monday in which he lauded Kennedy Jr.’s “bipartisan support” and said the longshot presidential candidate could “root out corruption” and “unite the country.”

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[Fishrrman]

I seriously doubt that there are many MAGA (Trump) voters who are going to jump to RFKjr.

But how many on the leftist side might make their mark for RFKjr. -- to "bring back Camelot" instead of voting for greasy gavin™ ...?

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I think the motive is just to sow potential dissent within the Democratic Party.