The Daily Blast
Why Trump and His Aides Suddenly Seem So Alarmed About RFK Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is all over right wing media, and Trump advisers are now warning that Kennedy will cut into the MAGA vote. But is it all a bait-and-switch?
Unexpectedly, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been making a huge number of appearances all over right wing media of late. Trump advisers are loudly warning that this threatens to take voters from him, helping President Biden. But we’re skeptical: It’s still more likely that in the end RFK hurts Biden more than Trump. And there are cynical reasons why right wing media sources might be boosting RFK Jr. right now. We chatted with Matt Bennett, a co-founder of the Democratic group Third Way and a shrewd observer of U.S. party politics, about the true RFK effect, how RFK is functioning as a stalking horse for Trump, and what MAGA media might be doing to help along the scam.
