Dems Push Hard Against Kennedy’s Potential Spoiler Bid

Democrats are pushing hard to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming a spoiler this fall in President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, including rallying his relatives to endorse the president and telling the public that a vote for his independent bid will in the long run only help former President Donald Trump win his way back to the White House. 

“There’s no education in the second kick of the mule,” Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright, a Biden campaign adviser, told The Hill. “In 2016, we saw the impact that third-party candidates had on the election, and we also saw potentially a fault line of not educating enough [about] what votes for those candidates could mean long term for the country.”

As a result, Seawright said, the results of the 2016 election, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, are still being felt in 2024. 

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