Every election year rumors fly. Some are shot down.
A recent example? Scuttlebutt had it that presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy had “made a deal” with the Democrats:
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refuted a Washington Post report from earlier this week that said he would drop out of the race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in exchange for a cabinet position if she wins in November.
During an Aug. 15 Latino Town Hall on TikTok, he told the moderators that the story is “fake news.”
“I didn’t ask for a cabinet position,” Kennedy said.
Jeff Louderback, “RFK Jr. Refutes Report That He Approached Harris for a Cabinet Position,” The Epoch Times (August 16, 2024).
This story gets interesting, actually, when we consider what Kennedy goes on to say: that everyone complains about political divisions, but then complains when rivals talk to one another! And who has Kennedy talked to?
“I want to meet with all candidates about dampening down the rhetoric and unifying our country.”
Kennedy said candidates, including former President Donald Trump and Libertarian presidential nominee Chase Oliver, have met with him.
“Kamala Harris said she doesn’t want to [meet],” he said.
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Indeed, Biden and Pelosi have intensified their use of expressions associated with violence. When they are challenged by Republicans, by conservatives, or by right-wing populists about such rhetoric, the leaders and the rank-and-file of the corporate left can just insist that, somehow, Trump is the worst offender. When challenged by libertarians, the corporate left can insist that libertarians are somehow just more right-wingers. But when challenged by Bobby Kennedy, the formulae just collapse.