By Evaristo Lara
06 Aug 2024, 13:24 PM EDT
As the presidential campaigns progress, the possibility of thinking of a third option to lead the country becomes very remote, since The force with which Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. emerged as an independent candidate has been slowing down as a result of some mistakes made by the Washington lawyer himself.
A couple of weeks ago, The credibility of the 70-year-old former Democrat suffered a severe blow when part of a telephone conversation with Donald Trump was released on social media where, aware that his chances of reaching the White House are extremely limited, he showed his willingness to join the entourage of collaborators of the controversial Republican.
“I would love for you to do things. And I think it would be very good for you and very important for you. And we are going to win. We are going to win. We are way ahead of the guy,” the former president is heard saying, addressing the “independent” candidate.
Nevertheless, The alleged friendly relationship projected between Trump and Kennedy Jr. tends to deteriorate due to another indiscretion of the activist when communicating with another person whose identity is unknown, as detailed by the magazine The New Yorker.
“In a recent text exchange, Kennedy told one person that Trump was ‘a terrible human being. The worst president ever and barely human. He’s probably a sociopath,’” wrote journalist Clare Malone.
In addition, Amaryllis Fox, the independent candidate’s campaign manager and daughter-in-law, told the aforementioned publication that her father-in-law is open to collaborating with Kamala Harris if she wins the November election.
The truth is that RFK Jr. has already slipped from his timeline of goals to get his name on the ballots in all states and without it their participation in the elections is shaky.
In practice, the main point of having taken on the challenge of entering the race without a party was to take as many votes as possible away from Joe Biden, but without him on the political scene, the interest in supporting his candidacy loses meaning, as the results of the polls show.
According to Decision Desk HQ, if his performance does not improve, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. would obtain only 4.2% support on the ballot.
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