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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Trump Campaign “Emissaries” Asked Him to be Running Mate, Trump Advisor Denies Claim
Independent Political Report ^ | April 15, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans

Posted on 04/15/2024 12:26:27 PM PDT by Angelino97

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed on Monday that Republican Donald Trump’s campaign team asked him to consider being the former president’s running mate. A Trump senior advisor has since denied the claim.

In an X post on Monday, Kennedy asserted that Trump’s “emissaries” approached him to serve in the position, which he then “respectfully declined.” Kennedy did not elaborate further on who these emissaries were or what role they played in the campaign.” The X post came as a response to Trump calling Kennedy an “ultra-left radical.”

“President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer,” Kennedy wrote, “I am against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win.”

Chris LaCivita, a Republican strategist in a senior advisory role with the Trump campaign, countered Kennedy’s claim over X, dismissing him as a “leftie loonie” who would never be considered for the ticket.

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1 posted on 04/15/2024 12:26:27 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Name names, Bobby. Or you’re a liar.


2 posted on 04/15/2024 12:29:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Angelino97

Both could be true: someone could have approached the Kennedy campaign with the offer, but in a way that would allow the Trump campaign plausible deniability—or actual deniability, if the someone didn’t have the authority to make the offer.


3 posted on 04/15/2024 12:31:14 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Angelino97

Utter BS from a Fringe party non-candidate

Sorry, no sale


4 posted on 04/15/2024 12:32:07 PM PDT by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: chajin
Both could be true: someone could have approached the Kennedy campaign with the offer, but in a way that would allow the Trump campaign plausible deniability—or actual deniability, if the someone didn’t have the authority to make the offer.

Very possible. It's also possible that some Trump folks discussed the matter with RFKJr folks that wasn't necessarily an official offer, but keeping talks open about future possibilities as a way to feel each other out. And it's very possible that RFKJr just lied his butt off. Any of them are possibilities.

5 posted on 04/15/2024 12:36:33 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Angelino97

Jr. is a Kennedy; that is for sure.

But I’d have to say on the whole, he makes more sense than any living democrat.

Trump should attempt to get every vote he can for himself and to campaign in such a way that anyone not voting for Trump will vote for Kennedy.


6 posted on 04/15/2024 12:37:50 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Angelino97

RFK, Jr: ‘We have so much to learn from Cuba’ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3243628/posts

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Endorses Charlie Crist, Attacks Tea Party (Video) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2606809/posts

RFK Jr says Donald Trump has ‘discredited the American experiment’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7903551/Robert-Kennedy-Jr-says-Donald-Trump-discredited-American-experiment.html

RFK, Jr.: Climate Skeptics ‘Should Be at the Hague with All the Other War Criminals’ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3206882/posts

RFK, Jr. wants me jailed … as a war criminal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211190/posts

RFK Jr.: Hog farmers bigger threat than Osama https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178592/posts

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants To Jail His Political Opponents https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3206573/posts

Lessons in civility from RFK, Jr. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3509601/posts

Robert Kennedy Jr. Blames Reagan For 9/11 [for rolling back CAFE standards in 1986] https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855875/posts

RFK Jr. spreads blame for environmental woes in New Bedford speech https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913559/posts

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Blames Fairness Doctrine Abolishment for Conservatism Popularity https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2479527/posts

RFK Endorses AOC’s Green New Deal, Calls for Climate Taxation https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4187998/posts

Watch RFK, Jr. lose it at climate change march when confronted about his hypocrisy https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3206578/posts

Andrea Mitchell Applauds RFK Jr.’s ‘Impassioned Plea’ for Obama to Stop Keystone Pipeline by Fiat https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3120692/posts

RFK Jr. Slams “Right-Wing Control of American Media” https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967445/posts

RFK Jr: Right-Wing Controls American Media, Fox News Has Divided US to a Point not Seen Since Civil War https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2967311/posts

RFK jr: Sen. Inhofe is a “Call Girl” for Big Oil (But it’s OK to say it, he’s a Democrat after all) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2855976/posts

Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s ‘Green’ Company Scored $1.4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2808401/posts

RFK Jr. Claims Air America Was More Popular Than Conservative Radio https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2740193/posts

RFK, Jr. 15 months ago: Global warming means no snow or cold in DC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2446226/posts

Robert Kennedy Jr.: right-wing hosts spread hate https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271218/posts

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: Innocent ACORN Defrauded by ACORN Workers https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109548/posts

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: ‘There Is No Liberal Media’(video barf!) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021728/posts

Kennedy Calls Skeptical Politicians ‘Traitors’ and ‘Corporate Toadies’ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1864440/posts

RFK Jr. Says AGW Skeptics Should Be Silenced https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864945/posts

Video: Stossel Takes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On For Traitor Remark https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1864510/posts

RFK Jr. Calls Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck Lying ‘Flat Earthers’ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863207/posts

RFK (Robberbaron F. Kennedy) Jr. vs. Mike Gallagher on Energy Independence https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033812/posts

The Incredible Shrinking Credibility of RFK, Jr. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644744/posts

RFK Jr.: Bush, Barbour to Blame for Katrina https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473838/posts

RFK Jr: You know, my uncle was also shot amid a climate of right-wing hate https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2655920/posts

Flashback - Palin’s Big Oil infatuation [End of snow forever in DC] https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3387273/posts


7 posted on 04/15/2024 12:38:17 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Angelino97

personally, i wouldn’t be opposed to it.

we know Trump and JFK Jr were good friends, so Trump knows the family.

we know both men want the best for the country, which cannot be said about those on the left.

and, of course, the kennedy name running with Trump would make the libs lose it... always a bonus.

my concern would be some of RKF’s more left leaning ideas.


8 posted on 04/15/2024 12:40:19 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: ASOC

*Utter BS from a Fringe party non-candidate*

Come on people. You know as well as I this can only help Trump and peel votes away from Biden. Notice how Kennedy pulls his punches when criticizing Trump. Haley had nothing to lose so she went heavy. That’s because she was toast.


9 posted on 04/15/2024 12:51:24 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: sten

“ RFK Jr says Donald Trump has ‘discredited the American experiment’”

That’s a burned bridge .


10 posted on 04/15/2024 12:51:53 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Angelino97

RFK may say some things we like, but overall he’s a far
Left individual. Think McGovern...


11 posted on 04/15/2024 12:53:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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To: stanne

Ronald Reagan was an FDR Democrat in a prior life. And I remember when he selected GH Bush as his VP - Bush did a 180 degree change in his stance on abortion although I doubt Bush had an actual change of heart.


12 posted on 04/15/2024 12:54:28 PM PDT by laconic
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To: chajin

Exactly my thought. Somebody with a little access to both sides thought it would be great so they floated a trial balloon.


13 posted on 04/15/2024 12:54:40 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

He is a Leftist. Therefore nothing he says can be relied on to be truthful or factual.


14 posted on 04/15/2024 12:58:30 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: rlmorel

Why would he lie?


15 posted on 04/15/2024 12:59:41 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Angelino97

Bobby!! Don’t do this!
That’s one thing you should know better about!


16 posted on 04/15/2024 1:01:08 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Why?

JFK, RFK, John Jr...


17 posted on 04/15/2024 1:06:51 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: frnewsjunkie

Whoever is Trump’s vp, has to let him be President.. I don’t see Bobby Kennedy giving Trump room, and being backup.


18 posted on 04/15/2024 1:06:53 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Angelino97

You’re a f’n liar Bobby, you should never be anywhere near any power.


19 posted on 04/15/2024 1:08:17 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was off the ping list.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Why does any Leftist lie?


20 posted on 04/15/2024 1:08:29 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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