Speculation surrounding the running mate that will join former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign has reached a fever pitch.
Trump easily won the first Republican presidential caucus in Iowa, dominating the field with 51 percent of the vote. Second-place finisher Ron DeSantis dropped out of the election just days later.
With just former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley left in the field, an unlikely call for Trump’s running mate has been circulating among conservative activists: Former Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” wrote the Gateway Pundit’s editor-in-chief Jim Hoft on Sunday.
A scion of one of the nation’s most famous Democratic dynasties, the longtime environmental lawyer left President Joe Biden’s party last fall and announced his independent bid for the White House. He is a son of former senator and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of Democratic President John F. Kennedy.
The candidate rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for his embrace of vaccine skepticism.
The mainstream media has questioned whether the independent could play spoiler for the eventual Democratic and Republican nominees. While it’s unlikely that an independent or a third-party candidate would win the presidency, they could siphon support from the major candidates in a way that tips the scales.
Allies of both Biden and Trump, the likely nominees for their respective parties, have questioned whether Kennedy could be a spoiler for their candidate.
Both Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, are unpopular among independent voters, increasing the likelihood that third-party support could play a deciding role in 2024.
If Kennedy were to join the Trump ticket and bring over double-digit his support, however, the likely Republican candidate would dominate at the voting booth.
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