Mr. Kennedy said he will remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, so as not to be a spoiler.

In his speech on Friday, Mr. Kennedy implied that Mr. Trump had offered him a role in his second administration, dealing with health care and food and drug policy. “We’re going to reform the entire food system,” he said.

It’s worth noting that Kennedy’s health care policy is to bring back measles, that he eats roadkill, and had part of his brain eaten by a worm as a result.

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  • MajinBlayze@lemmy.world
    981·
    3 months ago

    The fact the GOP backed him thinking he’d pull voters from Democrats shows just how out of touch the GOP has gotten

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      563·
      3 months ago

      Well, if you go strictly based off his positions on paper, or as posted on his website, he hits all the “progressive” points that would seem very attractive to a progressive independent or some more left democrats. Its a legit honest mistake to think he might be fairly left, based off when I was researching him a bit.

      But every time he opens his mouth in front of a camera it’s the most asinine right wing brain worm vomit you’ve ever heard, and I think they figured that out a little too late.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        263·
        3 months ago

        I mean, apparently he was a pretty good dude and an environmentalist for a long time.

        Then around the time he got a worm in his brain, he just went bat shit crazy for some weird reason…

        • bcgm3@lemmy.world
          13·
          3 months ago

          I’m imagining Ratatouille, only it’s an anthropomorphized worm steering RFK Jr around by chomping on different parts of his brain. I want to say the worm would be voiced by David Cross. It’s almost making this bizarre timeline a little easier to process.

      • chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        3 months ago

        Uh…no…he was very pro gun. He was liberal on like one or two issues, but most of his policies were straight up Republican.

        I wanted to like the guy as a viable alternative to Biden, but he was hard right on too many issues.

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          3 months ago

          Just gonna point out damned near every lefty Redneck ive met is violently pro gun, but they all would happily mutilate someone for improper use of a firearm. The NRA and Republicans aint pro gun if they were they wouldnt throw a fit everytime a minority used one.

          • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            ^^^^ this man gets it.
            I like firearms. I would qualify as “a redneck”.
            I also think you should need to go through a minimum 2 day safety, maintenance and storage training course to own one. They are a tool that you must prove you are safely capable of handling, maintaining in safe operation (no exploding barrels), and keeping secure.

            • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              3 months ago

              This and also lets not restrict weapons cause scarry. I fear a shotgun far more than an assault rifle in untrained hands, mostly cause it takes an afternoon to learn how to use a shotty while it takes a good bit more to use really any rifle.

      • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        314·
        3 months ago

        He is living proof that the Horseshoe Theory is correct and true

        EDIT: I thought we left reddit to get away from the mindless downvoting hivemind BS

        • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 months ago

          Yeah…you’re right it doesn’t really make sense. I guess my thought was that he was supposed to be posing as an alternative liberal, but if he’s out, that’s irrelevant.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        He may or may not know he was a spoiler, right now his most important task is to try and grab a hold of a cabinet position in whoever wins. He knows Kamala isn’t stupid enough to give his brain worm any power, but Trump is absolutely corrupt and stupid enough to do so.

    • GratefullyGodless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I have a feeling that it was Trump’s idea, as he grew up in the decades when the Kennedy name meant something in politics, especially Democratic politics, so he figured the name would draw Democrat voters, not realizing that the Kennedy name hasn’t had any sway in Democrat politics for the last three decades or so, as the party moved on from the Kennedys long ago. Just showing again that Dastardly Don is old and out of touch.