Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lifelong Democrat, has reportedly sought to join a potential Kamala Harris presidential administration as a Cabinet secretary in exchange for throwing his support behind her campaign.
Kennedy, whose campaign as an independent has cratered after registering some interest at the start of the primary season, said earlier this year that the Biden-Harris administration was a “much worse threat to democracy” than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
He noted that the Biden-Harris administration was the first in history to weaponize federal agencies against their opponents.
“We’ve reached out repeatedly through the highest level intermediaries,” RFK told The New York Times in a text message. “We’ve been told that they have no interest in talking with me.”
It is highly unlikely that Harris would engage with RFK because he helps her by staying in the race, the report said, noting that public and private polling has shown that as he ramped up his attacks on Biden as he began to siphon away support from Trump.
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The report said that Harris “does better” in polls when Kennedy is included than when she is tested in a head-to-head matchup with Trump.
“Public and private polling has found that as he spent the summer attacking President Biden, he began to draw more support from voters otherwise predisposed to back former President Donald J. Trump. Now Ms. Harris does better in some surveys when Mr. Kennedy is included than when she is tested in a head-to-head matchup with Mr. Trump.”
“I’ve always argued that we should be willing to talk with each other across party lines,” he added. “I’m willing to meet with leaders of both parties to discuss the possibility of a unity government.”
Kennedy holds far-Left views on a variety of issues, including wanting to allow abortions up until the moment of birth. He wants to jail climate change skeptics, has said that he would sign a bill to ban semi-automatic firearms, and has vowed to cut funding to the U.S. military by half while China rapidly expands its military.
