By Evaristo Lara
Mar 27, 2024, 17:28 PM EDT
Faced with the fear of seeing a significant percentage of votes tilt in favor of Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.—who decided to run for president as an independent—a group of Democrats is already beginning to call him a saboteur.
Some of those who were party colleagues of Kennedy Jr. They are getting quite nervous seeing that he does not give up on moving forward in his attempt to run for the White House. without any party to support it.
Already with the Californian millionaire Nicole Shanahan as a running mate and With the results of some polls showing that he would take votes away from Joe Bien, there are signs of discomfort within the Democratic Party.
During a call organized by the Democratic National Committee (DNC), some politicians expressed their discomfort when witnessing the damage that Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy could cause them if his name were added to the electoral ballot in all states.
Robert García, Democratic representative from California, was one of the first who could not resist the urge to reproach him to his former party co-religionist for putting the president’s re-election at risk.
“Personally I am offended and simply disgusted by your campaign. He should be ashamed of himself. d“He should stop running for president,” he said.
For its part, Austin Davis, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, rated Robert Francis Kennedy more strictly.
“He is a saboteur. He was recruited for this race by Donald Trump’s core supporters. “He has no realistic path to victory in Pennsylvania,” he emphasized.
The fear that the independent presidential candidate already instills in his party forced a PAC that supports President Biden’s aspirations to launch a website featuring artfully staged images of Kennedy Jr. meeting with Donald Trump and some of his closest collaborators. close in the Republican Party.
It should be noted that all this started from seeing the results of two polls conducted separately, but which agree in predicting a victory for Donald Trump if Kennedy Jr. manages to appear on the November ballot.
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