They promoted the guy….
Who they thought would be a drain on Demaocratic Biden & Co.
But some in the Trump circle now have come to worry that Kenndey is now SO FAR from his Democratic roots that he could actually become more of a vote grabber problem for Donalkd Trump ….
VACCINE MANDATES ARE A FORM of Nazism. Joe Biden is a threat to democracy. The January 6th prosecutions might be politically motivated.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s beliefs and campaign-trail rhetoric have so much appeal to MAGA voters that Donald Trump and his top political supporters are starting to take steps to ensure that the Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate doesn’t stray too far into the Republican’s lane.
For months, the conventional wisdom has held that Kennedy was more of a problem for Democrats—that he would siphon votes from President Biden. The Biden campaign launched a full-scale assault on Kennedy, defining the scion of Democratic royalty as a “stalking horse” for Trump, filing election complaintsagainst the independent’s campaign, and trying in some states to block him from qualifying for the ballot.
In a close election that could be decided at the margins, the candidate who loses fewer votes to Kennedy in six swing states looks likeliest to win the White House.
Kennedy’s decision to choose a California billionaire tech progressive, Nicole Shanahan, as a running mate could have tipped the scales a little more to the left, and that delights Trump.
“RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far,” Trump posted on Truth Social, predicting that the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket would take more votes from Biden because Kennedy’s “a Radical Left Democrat, and always will be!!! … I love that he is running!”
Trump’s message, which he repeated in conservative media interviews last week, is just one of several prongs in the Republican effort to Make Kennedy Liberal Again:…
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TRUMP ADVISERS QUIETLY acknowledge they and the right helped build up RFK Jr., especially after the pandemic when Kennedy’s anti-vaccine activism gained broader attention and support among conservatives.
“For more than two years, Kennedy was on more conservative media than any of the Republicans who ran for president, so he’s partly a monster of our own making,” said one adviser in Trump’s orbit…
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For now, Snape said his most recent analysis shows that Kennedy appears to be taking more votes from Biden, but Impact Social’s research indicates Biden’s standing among the swing voters they track has improved since his State of the Union speech last month.
“RFK taps into that sense of voter disenchantment that Trump used to own,” Snape said. “If Trump doesn’t take him seriously, Kennedy could well be the king-maker for Biden. Either way, he’s a force to be reckoned with.”….
image….Monmouth University