Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of Nicole Shanahan as his running mate settled the debate over which party will be hurt the most by his candidacy.
and President Joe Biden’s campaign. It also settled the debate over which party would be hurt the most by Kennedy’s candidacy: the Democrats.that Shanahan, 38, the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, is a “philanthropist with a long history of donating to Democrat and left-leaning causes.” Following donations to Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson and Pete Buttigieg during the 2020 primaries, she supported Biden in the general election.
Kirk sees Kennedy’s choice of Shanahan as an attempt to “shore up his progressive bona fides” and considers it to be a “major red flag for commonsense independents and centrist voters who are also sick of rising crime but intrigued by his campaign.” As polls have repeatedly shown, many voters are unhappy with a Biden-Trump rematch and remain open to an alternative. Kennedy is uncommonly articulate, he’s a skilled orator, and he still believes in the Constitution. His position on vaccines and his targeting of the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, have appealed to many independents and some Republicans.
On Tuesday, the gloves came off and the name-calling began. It was game on. The DNC hastily arranged a conference call with Democrats from battleground states. During the call, Rep. Robert Garcia he was “personally offended and just disgusted by his campaign. He should be ashamed of himself. He should stop running for president.”colleagues: “There is absolutely no path for Kennedy to become president, and he knows that.
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