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General Category => Elections 2024 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on March 27, 2024, 04:19:31 pm
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Who will RFK Jr. hurt more, Biden or Trump?
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Mabinty Quarshie
March 27, 2024 10:55 am
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Former President Donald Trump blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s announcement of Nicole Shanahan as his running mate in his 2024 independent campaign as a move that will harm President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign far more than his own White House bid.
Democrats have long viewed Kennedy as a spoiler in the rematch between Biden and Trump, which the former president appears to agree with.
“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. I guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Wednesday morning.
“His running mate, Nicole Shanahan, is even more ‘Liberal’ than him, if that’s possible,” Trump said of Shanahan, a former Democratic donor.
Polling indicates that Trump’s claims may be true.
A recent Harvard CAPS/Harris poll showed Trump beating Biden, 41% to 37%, with Kennedy pulling 15% in a hypothetical matchup. This is a 7 percentage point increase for Trump since February.
That same poll showed Trump is the first-choice pick for 43% of participants, Biden is the first choice for 39%, and Kennedy is the first choice for 17%.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2940774/who-will-rfk-jr-hurt-more-biden-or-trump/
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I think it's too early to make such a prediction. We need to see who Trump selects as his VP and whether or not Joe is going to be able to function; even as poorly as he is now. I still think that the DEMS may have someone else that they will try to insert at their convention. That would give Trump and RFK Jr., little time to campaign against.