In a shocking turn of events, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has revealed that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could be a major threat to President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
During a recent appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Psaki expressed her concern about Kennedy’s potential to siphon off votes from Biden, potentially leading to a disastrous outcome for the current administration.
Psaki’s comments come as no surprise. It’s no secret that the Kennedy name carries a certain level of influence and admiration in certain parts of the country, but it seems Psaki is worried that this could be leveraged to sway voters in Kennedy’s favor. And with states like Georgia still up for grabs, every vote counts in this highly contested election.
“These third-party candidates are a huge, huge, huge problem, and there’s a number of them. If you look at RFK, it’s the name recognition issue,” Psaki continued. “And there are still states in this country, obviously — I mean, Georgia is one of them, I will name, where the Kennedy name is beloved, right, where people may just not still —”
“— where they may just not know a lot about the fact that he is an anti-vaxxer, who’s a conspiracy theorist,” Psaki added. “They don’t know that yet. So this is something. There is an aggressive effort that the campaign has been working with the Democratic National Committee on to run on this, but it needs to be broad; people need to be shouting it from the rooftops because this is one of the biggest threats to Joe Biden being re-elected, is these third-party candidates.”
PSAKI: “These third party candidates are a huge, huge, huge problem. And there’s a number of them. If you look at RFK Jr., it’s the name recognition issue, as Tom was just talking about. And there are still states in this country, obviously — I mean, Georgia is one of them, I…
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Kennedy’s presence in the race could be a significant obstacle for President Biden’s re-election efforts. But let’s not forget that this is just one of many third-party candidates that could pose a threat.
As evidence of the seriousness of this situation, even President Biden took a swipe at Kennedy by excluding him from a St. Patrick’s Day photo op with members of the Kennedy family.
