Opinion | The MAGA right is going all in on RFK Jr. That could backfire.

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The right's loud embrace of RFK Jr. is going to make it harder to weaponize him against Joe Biden, Zeeshan Aleem writes.

: A super PAC called “Heal the Divide” intended to support his candidacy was created by a MAGA-aligned political consultancy based in Georgia. In fact, the magazine says it found that, until recently, the terms of service for the super PAC referred to the Heal the Divide site as “MAGApac.com,” which suggests that those words were carelessly copied and pasted from the website for that Trump-aligned political action committee.

The right’s embrace of Kennedy is not a secret plot. Right-wing activists and media outlets are openly buzzing about Kennedy. A political consultancy that usually works with right-wing politicians supporting Kennedy may be the clearest sign yet that it’s chiefly the right and not the left that views him as a weapon against President Joe Biden. There are many on the right who believe that Kennedy could make Biden look like a weak incumbent ahead of the 2024 general election.

Kennedy is a regular on the right-wing and right-friendly independent media and activist scene. He's appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s podcast and Joe Rogan’s podcast. Right-wing venture capitalist David Sacks held a fundraiser for Kennedy last week, and Kennedy will be speaking at the annual summit for the

 

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