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General Category => Elections 2024 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on April 27, 2024, 01:17:27 pm
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Trump slams RFK Jr. in latest social media rant: ‘Wasted protest vote’
by Tara Suter - 04/26/24 11:06 PM ET
Former President Trump came out swinging against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Friday, despite weeks of amping him up over his likely November rival, President Biden.
In a series of post on Truth Social, Trump suggested Kennedy was put in the race to help Biden win reelection and claimed his running mate, Nichole Shanahan, is not a serious candidate.
“RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Trump wrote, adding “A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a WASTED PROTEST VOTE, that could swing either way, but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him.”
In what seems like a reversal of previous comments, he signaled that he would even take Biden over Kennedy. Last month, the former president touted the long-shot candidate’s campaign as “great for MAGA,” referring to the “Make America Great Again” slogan he often uses.
“RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He’s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other economy killing disasters,” Trump wrote at the time. “I guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America.”
“It’s great for MAGA, but the Communists will make it very hard for him to get on the Ballot,” he added in March.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4625372-trump-rfk-jr-truth-social-rant-protest-vote-2024-presidential-election/
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RFKjr must be taking votes from Trump now...
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RFKjr must be taking votes from Trump now...
Likely RFK Jr is polling ahead of Biden. However, I'm not sure if he has qualified to be on the ballot in all 50 states.
I think Trump is continuing to become unhinged. How can he not? The left is keeping him from campaigning and therefore he has no way to let off some steam and relay to his supporters how harshly he's being treated and what a great president he was. Letting off that steam I believe is what has helped him not to have a complete melt down. They've got his hands tied.
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RFKjr must be taking votes from Trump now...
Yup. He was encouraging him until now so their internal polling must be exactly as you said.
It is kind of funny how RFK's views haven't shifted in the least, but polling alone all of a sudden changes what Trump says about the guy.
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Yup. He was encouraging him until now so their internal polling must be exactly as you said.
It is kind of funny how RFK's views haven't shifted in the least, but polling alone all of a sudden changes what Trump says about the guy.
There was a poll posted here a while back that showed RFKjr hurting Trump more than Biden and I also suspect Team Trump's internal polling is confirming that
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RFK Jr. responds to Trump calling him a ‘Democrat plant’
By
Jenny Goldsberry
April 27, 2024 2:41 pm
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied the “wild and inaccurate claims” from his opponent, former President Donald Trump, that he is a Democrat plant.
Kennedy took to X on Saturday following Trump’s allegations posted to Truth Social on Friday. Trump alleged the independent candidate is “a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected” and a vote for him would be a “WASTED PROTEST VOTE.”
“When frightened men take to social media they risk descending into vitriol, which makes them sound unhinged. President Trump’s rant against me is a barely coherent barrage of wild and inaccurate claims that should best be resolved in the American tradition of presidential debate,” Kennedy said. “President Trump, who has proven himself the most adept debater in modern American political history, should not be panicked to meet me on that stage.”
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https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1784267700304335087
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Don't poke the bear, Bobby.
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Don't poke the bear, Bobby.
Bobby isn't the one doing the poking here.
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RFK Jr. challenges Trump to debate after 'Democrat plant' accusation
Kennedy Jr. calls Trump's comments a 'barely coherent' rant, saying 'frightened men take to social media'
By Danielle Wallace Fox News
Published April 28, 2024 7:14am EDT
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to former President Trump's allegations he is a "Democrat plant" and would be a "wasted protest vote," challenging the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to a debate.
"When frightened men take to social media they risk descending into vitriol, which makes them sound unhinged," Kennedy wrote in an X post on Saturday afternoon. "President Trump's rant against me is a barely coherent barrage of wild and inaccurate claims that should best be resolved in the American tradition of presidential debate. President Trump, who has proven himself the most adept debater in modern American political history, should not be panicked to meet me on that stage."
RFK Jr. said he will prove Trump "betrayed the hopes of his most sincere followers," arguing the former president "promised to end the Ukraine war and then colluded with Speaker Johnson and President Biden to fund it." Kennedy Jr. also said Trump "let Big Pharma and his corrupt bureaucrats run roughshod over him as President," and "promised to cut the deficit and ran up the biggest debt in history."
"He promised to run the government like a business and then closed down our businesses. He promised to drain the swamp and then filled his administration with swamp creatures," RFK Jr. said. "He promised to protect our rights and then torpedoed the Constitution."
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rfk-jr-challenges-trump-debate-democrat-plant-accusation
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RFK Jr. challenging Trump to a debate whole Trump is trying to pressure Biden into having a debate is hilarious. Love to hear Trump spin why Biden has to debate him while he won't debate RFK Jr.
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Don't poke the bear, Bobby.
Trump isn't a bear. He's just another politician.
Why not poke him? Trump can't do a damn thing about it, and the more he attacks RFK Jr., the more it helps him.
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RFK Jr. challenging Trump to a debate whole Trump is trying to pressure Biden into having a debate is hilarious. Love to hear Trump spin why Biden has to debate him while he won't debate RFK Jr.
Because Trump believes Biden's cognitive issues will make debating difficult for him (Biden)
Trump won't debate anyone that can effectively debate. It's why he ducked the GOP primary debates
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If a conservative just can't vote for Trump, I get it. I can relate, as I was there in 2016 when I chose to write a name in. But don't tell me RFK Jr is your alternative, for if he is stop referring to yourself as a conservative. RFK JR once had his own radio show in Liberal Talk Radios short life. The only thing that's changed about him is he has become more of a populist and a conspiracy obsessed one as that. Attractive to the QAnon wing of the MAGA crowd.
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RNC Research
@RNCResearch
RFK, Jr. also...
🚩 Supports tax hikes on hardworking Americans, including AOC’s proposed top rate of 70%.
🚩 Has repeatedly called for a “ban” on “fossil fuel extraction,” including fracking.
🚩 Praised socialist AOC's Green New Deal as “good” and “important”: “We ought to be pursuing it.”
🚩 Vehemently opposes American energy projects, including the Keystone pipeline.
🚩 Compared American hog farmers to Osama bin Laden’s international terror network.
🚩 Called Republican voters “misinformed” because they believe in God and don’t read The New York Times.
🚩 Lauded China’s 2015 cap-and-trade commitment as “revolutionary.”
🚩 Is a huge supporter of the failed Paris Climate Agreement.
🚩 Praised rabid antisemite Louis Farrakhan as a “truly great partner.”
🚩 Supports divisive, unconstitutional affirmative action policies in higher education.
🚩 Supports divesting from fossil fuels, imposing a tax on carbon emissions, and eliminating energy subsidies.
🚩 Praised Biden’s unilateral student loan debt bailout and called the Supreme Court’s decision overturning it “unfortunate.”
🚩 Believes climate change is the “cost” of a “longtime, deadly addiction to coal and oil.”
🚩 Attempted to get ExxonMobil banned from doing business in New York and believes oil company executives “should be given the death penalty.”
🚩 Supports abortion-on-demand until birth without limits.
🚩 Enthusiastically endorsed Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate, 2007 presidential, and 2016 presidential campaigns.
🚩 Proudly voted for Biden in 2020.
🚩 Is a prolific donor to Democrats dating back to 1985, including Obama in 2007.
🚩 Calls himself a “huge admirer” of socialist Bernie Sanders.
3:17 PM · May 2, 2024
https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1786107567946559884
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If a conservative just can't vote for Trump, I get it. I can relate, as I was there in 2016 when I chose to write a name in. But don't tell me RFK Jr is your alternative, for if he is stop referring to yourself as a conservative. RFK JR once had his own radio show in Liberal Talk Radios short life. The only thing that's changed about him is he has become more of a populist and a conspiracy obsessed one as that. Attractive to the QAnon wing of the MAGA crowd.
I agree. Aside from COVID, a lot of what RFK Jr says is right out of the Dem playbook. One issue doesn't turn me into a Democrat voter, (not in this life, anyway :laugh:.)
I voted Constitution Party in 2016, because I knew Trump would take my State. The Electoral College votes count more than my ballot, and while I got to protest, I knew Hillary would never carry North Dakota.
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If a conservative just can't vote for Trump, I get it. I can relate, as I was there in 2016 when I chose to write a name in. But don't tell me RFK Jr is your alternative, for if he is stop referring to yourself as a conservative. RFK JR once had his own radio show in Liberal Talk Radios short life. The only thing that's changed about him is he has become more of a populist and a conspiracy obsessed one as that. Attractive to the QAnon wing of the MAGA crowd.
I don't know of anyone in here who has stated that they were going to vote for RFK Jr. :shrug:
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RNC Research
@RNCResearch
RFK, Jr. also...
All of that may be true, but he had far better instincts with regard to the pandemic than the GOP standard bearer.
On the left you had Fauci, Trump, the media, and 95% of the political class.
On the right you had Sweden, Kennedy, and a few governors.
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All of that may be true, but he had far better instincts with regard to the pandemic than the GOP standard bearer.
On the left you had Fauci, Trump, the media, and 95% of the political class.
On the right you had Sweden, Kennedy, and a few governors.
And those on the right when it came to Covid turned out to be, well, right
It was the Media, Fauci, Trump,Biden, and most of the political class that turned out to be terribly wrong.
But despite Kennedy being right when it came to Covid, there’s no way I would even consider pulling the lever for him
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RFK Campaign Proposes ‘Massive Cuts’ To Military: ‘Everything Hinges On Demilitarization’
Daily Wire, May 3, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would cut military spending nearly in half to pay for a spate of new and expanded social programs if he wins the White House, according to his campaign.
Charles Eisenstein, a senior adviser to the Kennedy campaign, said that the candidate would aim to cut military spending to a level not seen since President Dwight Eisenhower’s last year in office. The savings from the cost cutting would be redirected to cover childcare subsidies and other welfare programs.
More: https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-campaign-proposes-massive-cuts-to-military-everything-hinges-on-demilitarization
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But despite Kennedy being right when it came to Covid, there’s no way I would even consider pulling the lever for him
I see Covid as the one and only issue on which I possibly agree with Kennedy. There's no way I could vote for this leftist.
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"RFK is such a fan of free speech that he said he "wishes there was a law in which you could punish" people who say "global warming doesn't exist." (Video)
https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1786459232746836312
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RFK Jr: “Barack Obama is going to make us an exemplary nation again” (Video)
https://twitter.com/_johnnymaga/status/1786368689350042092
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And, waiting in the wings ....
https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1786470479269626147
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RFK JR use to have his own show on Leftist Talk Radio before it went defunct. He is still a Leftist don't be fooled by his populist ramblings. Who's attracted to him are the QAnon faction of the former Trump voters.
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Why is he still using JR, his dad is dead.
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Why is he still using JR, his dad is dead.
Because most democrats are stupid and he has to make sure they don't think he's a ghost?
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Trump should be asking why Ted Kennedy didn't get charged by a New York DA when he gave a payout to the Kopechne family.