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Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pivot Monday to an independent run for president met immediate resistance from Republican leaders, who have concluded that his new effort threatens to cannibalize their vote share next year, helping to reelect President Biden.
The Republican National Committee greeted his announcement with a press release that described Kennedy as “just another radical, far-left Democrat,” with a number of talking points that could be used by the expansive network of conservative commentators who tend to take messaging cues from the party.
“Make no mistake — a Democrat in Independent’s clothing is still a Democrat. RFK Jr. cannot hide from his record of endorsing Hillary, supporting the Green New Deal, fighting against the Keystone Pipeline, and praising AOC’s tax hikes — he is your typical elitist liberal and voters won’t be fooled,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
Steven Cheung, a spokesman for former president Donald Trump’s campaign, echoed the condemnation. “Voters should not be deceived by anyone who pretends to have conservative values,” Cheung said, in a statement. “[An] RFK candidacy is nothing more than a vanity project for a liberal Kennedy to cash in on his family’s name.”
The attacks came as Democrats remained largely silent on Kennedy’s shift, reflecting a relative optimism among the party’s top strategists that Kennedy poses little threat to Biden as an independent candidate. Kennedy’s polling in the Democratic nomination fight had fallen in recent months, and current national polling shows higher approval ratings for Kennedy among Republican voters than Democratic voters.
Kennedy, in a speech Monday at an outdoor rally in Philadelphia, cast his new campaign as an attempt to disrupt the efforts of partisan leaders to pit Americans against themselves for personal gain. He signaled no shift in the underlying conspiratorial and populist theme of his campaign, the idea that the nation’s leaders, in politics, the media and business, have been secretly lying to the American people — and that he is best positioned to expose those lies.
Kennedy spoke Monday about American voters who had been “left behind” and “belittled by a smug elite that has rigged the game in its favor." That language echoes Trump’s appeals, though Kennedy has been a fierce critic of many aspects of Trump’s politics.
“Americans are wary and tired of the culture war, the phony slogans, the politicians who use the partisan blame game,” Kennedy said. “And people believe that the divisions are purposely orchestrated and getting us to hate each other is all part of the scam.”
With Biden's history of so desperately wanting to stay in power he riled up a mob to storm the Capitol Building, this could be a real threat to Democracy!In the event of a major war biden could remain president indefinitely. Even during an election year.
https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/bolster-checks-balances/executive-power/emergency-powers
I know orange man badWith Biden's history of so desperately wanting to stay in power he riled up a mob to storm the Capitol Building, this could be a real threat to Democracy!
Oh wait...
congress would have to agree to that, at least 1/3 of themIn the event of a major war biden could remain president indefinitely. Even during an election year.
https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/bolster-checks-balances/executive-power/emergency-powers
That is interesting if you have anything, I would be interested in reading it.congress would have to agree to that, at least 1/3 of them
unlikely, but not impossible
You are so desperate to paint Biden in any kind of bad light.I know orange man bad
I'm looking at the same article, the 1/3 I mentioned is a garblingThat is interesting if you have anything, I would be interested in reading it.
The article says that he would be able to take power with an executive order. A signing of the pen .and that It would be stopable with an act of congress, that he could veto.
I will reread the article and post anything pertinent.I'm looking at the same article, the 1/3 I mentioned is a garbling
saying that a veto proof majority in congress is likely, I don't sense Biden pulling that off
but as a wise man once said, "you never know"