What do you think about Trump and Biden trying to exclude RFK?

[Anonymous]

with the traditional debate structure of he is averaging 15% nationally in a few polls he’s included, which he has a decent chance of doing. By doing their own debate agreements they’re cutting them out. I think having three people in the debate makes it more interesting.

[normalice]

I think everyone knows RFK is only running to help Trump get elected. Trump is definitely not trying to exclude him.

Or at least it started that way. Kanye West tried something similar in 2020 but flopped hard as he realized in real time he had no idea how to appeal to the actual left instead of the far right caricature of the left. RFK doesn't have to do this. He just has to imitate Biden. The far right billionaires have done all they can to push his name in front of as many center/left people as possible (including this question, I suspect), but the problem is the center/left doesn't really consume much media anymore compared to the right, since the right comtrols most of it. So, they've accidentally put him in front of at least as many Republicans as democrats. And since he's about as dumb as Trump he is getting as much republican support as democrats.

The only way Trump can stop the backfire from his RFK scheme is to put him next to Biden on a stage and just have him agree with Biden on nearly all points. I suspect republicans would exercise their control over CNN and ABC to ensure RFK and Biden are even physically next to each other so only democratic voters view RFK as an option. So you can be sure anything Trump says or does in the coming weeks is an attempt to get RFK on that stage.

[ManInChains]

Trump and Biden have a feud going on because this is their rematch and they’re from the two major political parties. I think RFK Jr should be there though. Would personally steal more votes away from Biden

[ManInChains]

Probably*

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

I don't think either one of them want RFK to run because they both feel he is stealing votes from them. I also don't think RFK stands a chance to win and basically would be ignored at a debate anyway.

[Asker]

this attitude is part of the problem why we can’t have other candidates win. he’s had as much as 20% support before. If he gets close to 40% he can win.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

If is a big word. It's mostly been a 2 party system in our country for a long time. I don't see him getting anywhere near 20% come November. Mostly because most voters are going to vote along party lines and they see a 3rd party vote as throwing away their vote.

[Asker]

Most polls as of late have him in the low double digits... so he has a bit of ground to make up to get to 15%, let alone 20 or more... but still.

[docster]

I believe it was one of Biden's demands, not Trump's.

[gorydetails]

Typical uniparty bullshit.