Whose Voters like RFK Jr. More? It’s Very Clear
As you might have noticed, the political class is in a bit of a frenzy, trying to intuit exactly whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quixotic campaign for president will hurt the most — President Biden or former President Donald Trump.
I suppose it’s good news for the independent candidate and Democratic Party scion that both campaigns are taking him seriously enough to worry about him — after all, he’s only polling at 9.5% in an average of polls, and is only on the ballot in five states — so far.
But worried they are, and both Biden and Trump are trying to tie Kennedy to each other.
Team Biden has said they aren’t taking anything for granted, and the Democratic National Committee has built its first ever team to counter his run, bringing in several veteran operatives known for their aggressive approaches.
The DNC also placed billboards all over the state of Michigan declaring RFK was “powered by MAGA/Trump.”
And Trump, in his typically unhinged way, has been busy attacking Kennedy, too, posting on Truth Social that he is “the most Radical Left Candidate,” whose running mate Nicole Shanahan is “even more ‘Liberal’ than him,” and baselessly musing that Kennedy could somehow “be indicted any day now, probably for Environmental Fraud.”
In some confusing messages, Kennedy himself has denounced the idea that he’s running as a spoiler to either Biden or Trump, but acknowledges that his “intention is to hurt both of them.”
But both parties seem to agree on something. Democrats believe — or are at least posturing like they believe — that RFK is a serious threat to Biden. In a DNC press cal l recently, several Biden surrogates called Kennedy’s campaign “disgusting.” “All he can do is take away votes from President Biden and make it easier for Donald Trump to win,” said Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis.
My dear friend and colleague Paul Begala enumerated the reasons why he believes RFK will take from Biden, all of which having to do with the fact that his last name is Kennedy.
As for Trump, he also believes — or is at least posturing like he believes — the same, saying Kennedy is “Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, not mine. I love that he is running!”
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