What Jennings means: RFK Jr., even though hundreds of thousands of Americans saw him as a worthwhile alternative to the Republican and Democratic candidates until the very end, is considered “simply nuts” in the Washington political establishment.
Robert Kennedy gilt als “simply nuts”
He himself stated that a worm had eaten parts of his brain. Nevertheless, he would voluntarily eat five more worms – and still beat Trump, Biden or, more recently, Kamala Harris in a TV debate (for which he never met the criteria).
Bizarre story about run over bear cub
The environmental lawyer, who had been addicted to heroin for many years, was waiting in front of a running mobile phone camera with the bizarre Story He once drove over a car in New York’s Central Park. Bear cub disposed of. After initially considering skinning the animal and storing the meat in his refrigerator. There are even photos of the process, which “defies all logic”, as US media wrote, and Kennedy allowed them to be taken.
Trump umgarnt Kennedy
Nevertheless, Trump, who is targeting potential Kennedy voters, is courting the husband of the well-known Hollywood actress Cheryl Hines At a joint appearance in Glendale, Arizona, Kennedy joined Trump on stage in front of 17,000 spectators on Friday, earning praise (“phenomenal guy,” „brilliant”) and called for the election of the 78-year-old former president as a thank you. The fact that both men had insulted each other not so long ago was forgotten. Kennedy’s tenor: There is much more that unites us than things that divide us.
Conspiracy theories of all kinds
This cannot have been a reference to his own political face value. Shortly before visiting Trump, Kennedy declared that he would have won the presidential election in November in an “honest system.” Unfortunately, “merciless, systematic censorship and media control” got in the way.
The culprit is the Conspiracy theories of any kind (vaccinations are said to cause autism in children, etc.) Kennedy identified the party of his family dynasty. The Democrats are “the party of war, censorship, corruption, Big Pharma, Big Tech and big money.”
The fact is: Kennedy was ranked in some of the best Surveys at 16 percent (today three) and never had a realistic path to 270 votes in the Electoral College, which elects the President on the basis of „popular vote” chooses.
Kennedy spread theses about the Russian war of aggression
During his brief appearance in Arizona, Kennedy spread the theory that Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine was the work of the West. After the Cold War, the West had forced Eastern and Central European countries into NATO and thereby provoked Russia. Even Republican Trump fans in Washington are appalled that Kennedy „“Parroting Kremlin slogans one to one”.
Even small vote contingents could make a difference
Meanwhile, campaign analysts and pollsters are looking into their crystal balls and seeking answers to the question of whether Kennedy’s labor of love would actually help Trump. There is agreement that Even small contingents of votes could make the difference in November.
Take Michigan, for example: In the highly contested state with the automobile metropolis of Detroit, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are only 0.3 percentage points apart according to current polls. Kennedy was recently ranked around five percentage points there. Six percent of voters in Michigan were still undecided.
According to Trump poll “pope” Tony Fabrizio, Republicans could capitalize on this constellation if they “target” Kennedy fans.
Kennedy’s political stock has “fallen sharply”
Other experts, such as Prof. Larry Sabato from the University of Virginia, think this is exaggerated. Kennedy’s political stock has recently fallen sharply. There is also the possibility that Kennedy supporters will stay away from the election altogether or defect to Kamala Harris because Donald Trump is an “absolute no-go” for them.
Kennedy’s family reacts with anger and indignation
Kennedy’s family reacts with Wut and indignation on the Election campaign help for the right-wing populist Trump. “Our brother Bobby’s decision to support Trump is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold dear,” said Kennedy’s sister, human rights activist Kerry Kennedy. “It is a sad end to a sad story.”