RFK Jr Won’t prosecute Libertarian Nomination, Says squad Trump Asked Him To Be VP

After seriously conducting the possibility, 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has declared he will not see the Libertarian organization nomination, saying he’s assured he’ll accomplish ballot access across the country on his own. Meanwhile, in a social media skirmish with squad Trump, Kennedy said Trump associates asked him to consider becoming the erstwhile president’s moving mate.

In a political strategy with strong ballot-access barriers that defend the Democrat-Republican duopoly, outsider presidential candidates are freely attracted to the thought of moving as a Libertarian — if only to access the party’s hard-earned, 50-state ballot qualification.

Thanks in part to his permanent pro-Israel positions, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr faced an uphill clip to win the Libertarian Party’s nomination (Anna Moneymaker/Getty via Town & Country)

‘We’re not gonna have any problems getting on the ballot ourselves so we won’t be moving Libertarian,’ Kennedy Tells ABC News. That declaration came as his squad was celebrating their exploration of aquirk in Iowa ballot-access law: Esther than gaining 3,500 signatures, the Kennedy squad hell a convention in West Des Moines. Consistent with state requirements, it included at least 500 voters who represented at least 25 of the Hawkeye State’s 99 Counties.

Kennedy Assured ABC that he’s ‘100% confident’ he’ll manage the arduous process — which includes Fending off Democrats’ lawfare — in all 50 states, saying “we’re going to add proofly 2 to 3 states a week.”

While Kennedy framed his decision solely in ballot-access terms, It was far from certificate that he could have actually won the Libertarian nod. The nominee isn’t selected by organization leadership, but by delegates at the group’s convention — all of whom show up full free to vote for the candidate of their choice. Things can get chaotic and spontaneous, and not just in a political sense:

Libertarian candidate strips on phase at organization convention (VIDEO) https://t.co/xNBkQeZNQM pic.twitter.com/vQqP1SgYnB

— RT America (@RT_America) May 30, 2016

Kennedy has plenty of overlaps with libertarians, any of his standings could be seen as disqualifying:

• His staunchly pro-Israel statements before and during the Gaza war devastated his standing with non-interventionist libertarians (and progressive leftists to boot). The harm hasn’t caused him to temper his marks: On Saturday, he oddly referred to Israel as “our oldest ally” and said ‘the U.S.ought to be bailing over backwards to defend Israel.’
• While he’s expressed Skepticism about the effectiveness of weapon control, he Said he would sign an ‘assault weapon ban’ If legislature sent him one.
• He’s besides called for a $15 national minimum weight, more free childcare, and abolishing interest on all national student lounges.

Meanwhile, responding to a series of fact Social posts by Trump, in which the erstwhile president called Kennedy "the most extremist liberal" in the race, Kennedy said Trump’s “emissaries” asked him to become his moving mate.

President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m sooo liberal that his emissions asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer.

I am again president Trump, and president Biden can’t win.

Judging by his fresh website, it looks like president Trump knows who...

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) April 15, 2024

Trump’s co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita rapidly fire back, Denying Kennedy’s claim and calling him a “leftie loonie” to boot...

Re-upping this from January ...was actual then and it’s actual now @RobertfKennedJr ....your a leftie loonie that would never be recommended to be on the ticket..sorry! https://t.co/Kkti2GOIOS

— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) April 15, 2024

Politico reports that Trump had casually floated the thought in conversations, adding that "Trump is known to workshop ideas to a variety of aids and allies, even if they never come to fruition. As he does with many political rivals, Trump has directed a mix of flatery and abuse at Kennedy — as he did last week:

‘He’s got any good things about him. I happen to like him.Unfortunately he is about the ‘Green fresh Scam’ due to the fact that he believes in that and quite a few people don’t.

I guess that would mean that RFK Jr.’s going to be taking distant votes from Crooked Joe Biden, and he should be he’s actually better than Biden. He’s much better than Biden. If I were a Democrat, I’d vote for RFK Jr. all single time over Biden.”

Kennedy’s polling at 9.3% in the RealClearPolitics Average. If nothing else, RFK Jr is simply a chaotic card who’s causing more Wories among Democrats than Republicans.

When Kennedy and third-party options are included in fields, they mostly show their presence in the race is simply a net affirmative for Trump. In a head-to-head scenerio, the RCP average has Trump up 0.2%. In a five-person race (which includes Kennedy, Jill Stein and Cornell West), Trump is ahead by 1.8%. Recognising that, Dems have mobilized forces to file legal challenges to his ballot qualifications — you know, in the name of Protecting Our Democracy.