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Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Monday night that it’s by no means certain that Robert F. Kennedy on the ballot helped him and hurt Biden.
“They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both,” Trump said of Kennedy. “But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know.”
TworecentpollshaveshownthedangerforTrumpinanRFKcandidacyaswellasotherindependentandthird-partycandidates.AnNBCPollthathasnotonlyBiden-Trump,butCornelWest,RFK,andJillSteinontheballotshowsTrumpnarrowlylosingtoBiden.Andthatpolldidn’tevenincludetheLibertarianPartycandidate,whohistoricallydrawsabout5%ofthenationalelectorate.
TheMaristPoll,whichgivesBidenatwo-pointedge,foundthatKennedywouldwinequalsharesofpeoplewhoreportedvotingforBiden(12%)andTrump(12%)in2020andKennedywoulddrawvotersaboutequallyfrombothparties.
“IftheTrumpcampaigndoesn’tseethisasaconcern,thenthey’redelusional,”RepublicanconsultantAliceStewartsaid.“Theyshouldbelookingatthisfromthestandpointthattheycan’taffordtolosea
