Happening Now: RFK Jr. speaks amid speculation he'll drop out of presidential race

I have been watching this press confrence for a little while now and don't know if it is finished or not but it's well worth listening to.

He is going into great detail about his positions on a number of issues that have dirven him to the decisions he is expressing here. From the corruption of the Democratic party to the same with mainstream news to the war in Ukraine.

This man is speaking truth to the nation to those willing to listen.

Worth the listening.

Pick it up at around -48:15 minute mark.

a reply to: charlest2

It's being widely reported that he suspended his 2024 campaign. I don't think his endorsement of Trump is confirmed, but I'm sure that'll change as well.

a reply to: VariedcodeSole

He has suspended his campaign and endorsed trump.

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a reply to: VariedcodeSole

In so many words so far he HAS thrown his support to Trump by profoundly condemning the Democratic party. He is suspending his campaign in 10 ballot ground states while leaving his name on the ballots of predominantly blue and red states, encouraging his supporters to vote for him.

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: VariedcodeSole

He has suspended his campaign and endorsed trump.

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That’s going to put a few percentage points in Trumps favor, which is pretty big given how close we’re getting to the election, and how close it has appeared recently.

Also, I find the term suspended campaign sort of odd. Like does that mean he might un-suspend it?

I suppose it’s a political word, meaning he might run again in the future for another presidential bid… Though, he made that tricky since his positioning of being third party was to push back on the big two, only to concede and endorse one.

a reply to: CriticalStinker

Maybe if he worded it differently, people would want their campaign donations back..😂

a reply to: Bluntone22
He is suspending his campaign in swing states. He will still be staying on the ballot in deep bluered states.

originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: CriticalStinker

Maybe if he worded it differently, people would want their campaign donations back..😂

Well, his VP was probably the biggest donor, and she is getting a 1m dollar refund.

For her the money wasn’t wasted though, I’d imagine. She is a billionaire because she was married to one of the google cofounders. I’m sure through the race she got to get acquainted with a lot of connections. Tens of millions of dollars for the right connects as a billionaire is the cost of doing business.

An ATS member who is ahead of his time, posted on this subject yesterday: www.abovetopsecret.com...

He has not endorsed Trump, but he pretty much has. His lawyer filed paperwork today in PA saying he would endorse him, but then Kennedy said he didn't.

Obviously the lawyer heard enough to think he was endorsing Trump, but then they may have changed their minds.

What he is doing is suspending his campaign is some states, while leaving it up in others. He will choose what states he wants to be on the ballot and run, and which states he's removing himself from.

I am guessing he and Trump had a good conversation and decided this was the best way to go. And Trump maybe even told him which states he should run in and not run in.

a reply to: Bluntone22

RFKjr did it perfectly he pulled out of the battleground states and solidly backed Trump.

In the battleground states if Trump gets just that 2-4% nudge from Kennedy's endorsement might be all it takes.

I like Kennedy, I am glad he is going to get a position with Trump if Trump wins.

I feel that his endorsement of Trump will help Trump win the election....but of course, we all know that all the Dead Democrats will vote for Harris...but I feel that Kennedy being aligned with Trump might appeal to all those illegal immigrants that are voting. So I guess we will just have to wait and see.

I think we may have more voters voting this year than all of the people living in the USA

a reply to: charlest2

Well beside biden slap on the face now we can add another cadidate to the group.

Democrats swamp love to eat their own, I wonder what they are expecting to get with kamala that they do not need the electoral voters to choose her, but I can only guess they will not get if RFK was chosen by the voters to be the presidential candidate, I guess they could not take the risk at all. This is what dictators and communist countries do.

As Kamala said, She will finish the job.

originally posted by: putnam6
a reply to: Bluntone22

RFKjr did it perfectly he pulled out of the battleground states and solidly backed Trump.

In the battleground states if Trump gets just that 2-4% nudge from Kennedy's endorsement might be all it takes.

I expect there will be an immediate lawsuit, but who knows how that will go.

I imagine the premise of the lawsuit will go something like this:

If you're running for president, then run for president. Don't remove yourself selectively from some states where you think you can act as a spoiler. Run everywhere, or don't run. Or run everywhere you qualified. And if you can't make 270 in EC, then what's the point of running in a handful of other states, other than to help another campaign. And is it legal for campaigns to coordinate efforts? What kind of paperwork do they need to file for that to make it legal?

I haven't seen this before, so I have no clue how the courts would respond. But they will have to weigh the possibility that Kennedy's campaign is a fluke at this point, and that he is just looking to assist another candidate, perhaps illegally.

originally posted by: rickymouse
I like Kennedy, I am glad he is going to get a position with Trump if Trump wins.

He will, it's obvious they're working together, but he won't get what he wanted.

He went to Trump about a month ago and asked to endorse him in exchange for a cabinet position. Then a couple of weeks ago he went to Harris and offered the same deal.

As far as we know, neither accepted at that point.

But now that he's gone to Harris and then back to Trump, Trump has an upper hand when it comes to negotiation. He knows Kennedy is only there because his campaign is falling apart, and he knows Harris wouldn't make a deal with him.

So he'll give him something for endorsement, but not a cabinet position, as Kennedy probably hopes for. Kennedy might be an ambassador under Trump.

a reply to: Mahogani

Hum, like the refund the 14 million voters that chose biden to run again as president has gotten when the swamp told them kamala was going to take his place and their votes were not needed.

14 million voters that did not choose kamala at all. I wonder if it will be a lawsuit for that one too.

a reply to: putnam6

In the battleground states if Trump gets just that 2-4% nudge from Kennedy's endorsement might be all it takes.

Yea, honestly this is one of the biggest developments post Kamala entering IMO.

Since the rumor started a few days back I noticed Trump regained the favored status with some of the casinos. So it’s seemed to move the needle on some of the trend keepers.

originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: Mahogani

Hum, like the refund the 14 million voters that chose biden to run again as president has gotten when the swamp told them kamala was going to take his place and their votes were not needed.

14 million voters that did not choose kamala at all. I wonder if it will be a lawsuit for that one too.

Apples and oranges.

I'm talking about completely different campaigns here, not two people from the same ticket, from the same party, operating under one mechanism.

Kennedy is an independent, they don't share any PACs with Trump, any of the party infrastructure... nothing. There will have to be paperwork for coordinating efforts, or there will be lawsuits.

We'll see. It definitely makes true the idea that they've been working together all along, as people have been saying for months now. And Kennedy's VP pick Shanahan is pretty much a female Vance, in league with the same money and same tech bro benefactors. Kennedy and Trump both get money from Peter Thiel, who is friends with Shanahan, and is her and Vance's mentor.

All the same group of people taking the same money, working toward the same goal. From the start, from the moment they took money from Thiel, they were on the same side.

a reply to: Mahogani

All the same group of people taking the same money, working toward the same goal. 

While it's sad to see this level of irony, it's hilarious to see who it's coming from......

a reply to: Mahogani

Yeah, good luck with that, he removed himself from the battleground states' ballots.

How many states did the DNC sue to have him removed from the ballot? Didn't one or two succeed?

I supposed the DNC's coffers are full enough for some large legal firm to be flashing the "one call and thats all" sign.

All of it could have been avoided IF the DNC had been proactive run a real Democratic primary and had given RFKjr a voice in a debate or two.

Kennedy would have lost the primary but it would've been obvious Biden needed to be dumped and the ménage à trois of Biden/Harris/Walz would have been better off.

It's that simple,

Now they can be reactionary cry not fair and call foul, run to their ambulance chasers they no doubt have on retainer.