Current Events > NBC: RFK Jr.'s running mate fears Harris win, considers endorsing Trump.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-running-mate-outlines-two-options-drop-back-trump-risk-harris-w-rcna167395

Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, said in a new interview that the Kennedy-Shanahan campaign faces a choice between either staying in the presidential race which would "risk" helping Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris win or dropping out to "join forces" with former President Donald Trump.

It's a blunt admission after months of criticism from Democrats that the Kennedy campaign appeared more concerned with helping Trump than it was in running a truly independent bid for president. And it comes as the campaign continues to hemorrhage money, despite multi-million-dollar injections of cash from Shanahan herself.

While noting that the campaign could lay the foundation for a more durable, new political party if it secured enough of the vote in November, Shanahan put a finer point on the internal debate the campaign is facing.

"There's two options that we're looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency, because we draw votes from Trump, or we draw somehow more votes from Trump," she said.

"Or we walk away right now and join forces with with Donald Trump. And you know, we walk away from that, and we explain to our base why we're making this decision."

Hours after the interview was published, Kennedy posted on X that he is "willing to talk with leaders of any political party to further the goals I have served for 40 years." In a subsequent post, he said that while the "Democratic Party positions itself as the party of liberty" that "this is like the arsonist telling us he's a firefighter."

And later Tuesday, Trump told CNN in an interview in Michigan that he "probably would" consider giving Kennedy a position in his administration if he won following a Kennedy endorsement.

Seems like she's let the cat out of the bag.

Diceheist posted...

And you know, we walk away from that, and we explain to our base why we're making this decision.

"We're absolute failures at everything we try and we're abandoning the pretext."

Nooo, dey can still win!! Never give up, never surrender!!

But why would a Democrat like RFK be upset if a Democrat became President?

Hey look everyone, that thing that everyone with a brain said was true about RFK's campaign turned out to be true.

I looked up this lady. She started an affair with Sergey Brin before getting married to another dude, then divorced that guy and married Brin, divorced him after a few years and has a net worth in the billions because of it.

I wonder what CE's biggest RFK Jr fanboy thinks of this?

I thought RFK was trying to get a position in Harris cabinet. That was the topic I saw last week on him on CE.

berlyman101 posted...

I looked up this lady. She started an affair with Sergey Brin before getting married to another dude, then divorced that guy and married Brin, divorced him after a few years and has a net worth in the billions because of it.

That makes her hood rich from where I'm from lmao.

But yeah fuck that bozo

BlueTigerLion posted...

I thought RFK was trying to get a position in Harris cabinet. That was the topic I saw last week on him on CE.

She told him off so he's running to Trump because he's a moron with brain worms.

That worked well at the Libertarian convention where they boo'd the fuck out of Trump.

That idiot convinced someone to be his #2?

BlueTigerLion posted...

I thought RFK was trying to get a position in Harris cabinet. That was the topic I saw last week on him on CE.

The genius of RFK is he campaigned in such a way as to make himself completely unpalatable to both sides.

Sure are a lot of Kennedys spinning in their graves because of this chucklefuck.

BewmHedshot posted...

That idiot convinced someone to be his #2?

The genius of RFK is he campaigned in such a way as to make himself completely unpalatable to both sides.

From what I understand, she's pretty much paying for it all.

Remember after Trump got shot and he called RFK Jr, offering him a job?
https://twitter.com/EndTribalism/status/1813183328796705058

I'm no legal expert, buuuut;

18 U.S. Code 599, Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned.

18 U.S. Code U.S. Code 600, Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

devilminion posted...

Remember after Trump got shot and he called RFK Jr, offering him a job?
https://twitter.com/EndTribalism/status/1813183328796705058

I'm no legal expert, buuuut;

Give it time. Legal Eagle will help us soon I am sure.

Hey look, the spoiler campaign is realizing their job is impossible at this point even through it was a long shot to begin with.

RFK sounds like a serial killer acronym and he even acts like one. No one cares at all what he does. If he drops out cool. If he doesn't cool. Either way he'll be forgotten a week after