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RFK Jr., who has endorsed Trump for president, must stay on the ballot in two swing states (www.msnbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/politics@lemmy.world

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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 78 points 2 months ago

Days after Kennedy suspended his campaign, Kentucky's secretary of state said he had filed on Monday to run for president in the state and will appear on the ballot in November.

WTF is with this guy? Drops out of the race ("suspends campaign") on 8/23, immediately endorses Trump, tries to get off the ballot only in swing states, and then on 8/26 applies to be on the ballot in Kentucky?

[-] JayTreeman@fedia.io 55 points 2 months ago

Essentially ensuring any RFK voter is taken from biden and not Trump

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 72 points 2 months ago

RFK's whole campaign has been paid for by Trump mega donors, to do as you stated, pull votes from Biden.

The only Only problem is, like the guy at the top of the ticket, they are just realizing they aren't running against Joe anymore and waited too long to pull RFK since he will not pull anything from Harris/Walz.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 months ago

I don't think Biden is going to get any votes at all

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Hahaha

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

They're trying to put him on strategic ballots where he can hurt the Democrats. It's pure electioneering and imo blatant fraud because he's dropped out and publicly said he wants to be on or off ballots strategically.

[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 13 points 2 months ago

By getting off ballot in swing states only, he can show how popular he his to his campaign fund donors without risk of being a spoiler for the election.

And if Drumpf were to win, then a surprisingly good showing here might help getting support for a future campaign - say 2028.

It's outrageous and disgusting.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

In a first past the post election system, it is a great strategy. First past the post is outrageous and disgusting.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If they get 5pct of the vote, they become a real political party and get government money. So getting as many votes as possible to see if they can reach the 5pct and continue the grift.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

It's not even that. If it was that he'd be staying on every ballot he could cling to. This is an attempt to influence our elections in an unfair manner.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah sure.. only withdrawing in the critical swing states ... It's a masterclass in election fuckery. So the balancing act is staying in on as many ballots as possible.. while not taking key votes from trump.

I can only hope it bites the republicans in the ass somehow.

[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago

I'm quite fond of this joke that I've seen in a few places:

Q: What do RFK Sr. and RFK Jr. have in common? A: Neither of them pulled out in time.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Turns out getting splattered over the back of a Lincoln was only the second worst thing that could happen to a Kennedy brain.

[-] vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 2 months ago

Don’t forget about his lobotomized sister…

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Damn

[-] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club -2 points 2 months ago

😂

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

Good. POS.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

He's political roadkill.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago

I await this headline:

RFK Jr. strapped his own severed head to the roof of a car in 1993

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 18 points 2 months ago

Nice work team Trump, once again missing the timing on vital paperwork, this time leading to them pulling their "spoiler" candidate too late.

Love to see it!

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Lolol I need more popcorn.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I don’t think Trump stands a chance in Wisconsin or Michigan anyway.

[-] ValorieAF@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Hope not. I'll definitely be doing my part.

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Hey you know what solves this? Ranked choice voting~

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Haha nice try gaming the system weak republicans

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

He won't be a factor

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Against Harris, yes.

Against Trump? He's pulling 2% of the anti-vax nutbags.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

At best, by pulling from both candidates, he gives a .3% advantage to Trump, according to Silver. Not enough to even be a factor.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Yes! Michigan

[-] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Does that mean I can start a super pac in those states to get him elected?

[-] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 months ago

Lol yes!

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