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Such an obvious spoiler. Who is going to vote for him?
Well, the D's know the name of the game is beat Trump, that's how biden got nominated, nobody actually liked him. They'll vote for Biden no matter what just to make sure Trump doesn't win.
The target demographic for this guy are Trump independents, that is, the people that won him the election in the rust belt in 2016, people who lean Democrat but were sick of the politicians and their constant bullshitting. So it's likely RFK is a way to spoil Trump, not the D's.
He has massive support among the wingnut right. The Ben Garrison/Kill Fauci/J6 is a Hoax crowd.
Hopefully Republicants.
Morons.
"But aren't all the morons already voting for Trump?" I hear you say.
No. There are always more morons.
He will vote for himself, and his mother is still around and will probably vote for him.
So I am expecting him to get exactly 2 votes.
An unfortunately significant number of people.
Really? I have not seen any evidence of that.
I think it might be hard to predict exactly but I I am bit with you. Those right leaning independents that don't like Trump are quite unlikely to vote for him regardless. But that known name may put Biden as their second choice.
All of Kennedy's platform positions are firmly right-wing... and so is all of his support. He should have been part of the Republican debate, he'd have fit right in.
Lmao what? Excepting covid and Ukraine, he's solidly in line with democrats on nearly everything
Except the two of the largest issues of the decade?
So you'd gladly vote republican if they flipped on those two issues?
No, Republicans will lie about their positions to get into office. See:
Susan Collins
Kyrsten Sinema
Amy Coney Barrett
Brett Kavanaugh
Lmao you're a fucking looney. You seriously think rfk Jr has been lieing about everything he believes for decades of political presence just for this moment? You're fucking just as insane as he is.
Looks like you're upset that Democrats aren't as stupid as the conservatives and libertarians you've been talking to. Better head back over there.
Lol this dude just joined 2 days ago and he's negative. Block and ignore.
Lmao please provide a shred of proof for your insane accusations about how rfk has been a psyop for decades
The guy is crazy, but that doesn't seem to be a problem anymore.
Democrats who don't think Biden is far enough to the right. They'll still blame progressives if Biden loses to Trump, though.
How do you do fellow ensign?