Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has predicted that President Joe Biden does not need to worry about Robert Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy regarding the 2024 presidential election, as voters who “support democracy” will vote for the president.
RFK Jr., seen by many to be the biggest competitor to Biden in securing the Democratic Party’s 2024 nomination, is reportedly planning to switch tickets and run as an independent in the upcoming presidential election. Asked if such a run by RFK Jr. would hurt Biden’s reelection chances, Murphy said no.
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“Frankly, what you see is that portions of the electorate that are interested in Robert Kennedy Jr. tend to be coming from Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory base,” Murphy said. “So if he’s running as an independent, I think that may end up hurting Donald Trump, or the Republican nominee, more than Joe Biden.”
Murphy added that the ongoing press coverage on RFK Jr’s run is “a bit of an elite media fascination.” He also stated that third-party candidates will not play as big a role in the 2024 presidential election that people may think.
“People who support democracy, who support Ukraine, who support competence in government are gonna understand that the only way to preserve those things is to vote for Joe Biden,” Murphy said.
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RFK Jr. released a video on Friday stating that he would visit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Oct. 9 “to make a major announcement.” The candidate did not specify what the announcement would involve, but that this event “will be the one to come to.”
In addition to Biden, RFK Jr.’s Democratic primary opponents include Marianne Williamson and Terrisa Bukovinac.
Of the Republican primary candidates, former President Donald Trump is in the lead. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and business entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are also running in the Republican primary, among others.
