Early Primaries Are Open For RFK, Jr.— It's Biden's Self-Inflicted Wound

The campaign of incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden could be making some significant unforced errors in the early primary game of the 2024 election, and these missteps could be exploitable by none-other-than the candidate the establishment doesn't acknowledge: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. According to reports, Biden might be left off of the primary ballots in key early primary states Iowa and New Hampshire if those states refuse to comply with the DNC's primary calendar by moving their dates back.

Axios reported that stemming from Biden's controversial decision that South Carolina, not New Hampshire, and not Iowa should hold the first primary of 2024 the Biden team has run afoul of a New Hampshire state law that requires it have the first national primary, while Iowa Democrats have subtly moved their caucus to the same date in January as Iowa Republicans, but with a mail-in option. These moves put Iowa first, (which works with the New Hampshire law with the narrow distinction of being a "caucus," not a traditional "primary"), though NH lawmakers have hinted they might reschedule ahead of Iowa anyway.

The Biden team's move reportedly emerged through a desire to "rid the nominating process of restrictive, anti-worker caucuses" and "reflect the overall diversity" of the country according to the outlet by starting in a state with greater racial diversity than the majority white Iowa and New Hampshire. From to the 2020 Census Iowa is about eighty-three percent white while Iowa is eighty-seven percent white. Neither Biden nor the DNC noted precisely how white is 'too white' but South Carolina is only about sixty-two percent white by demographics.

TheBlaze's Steve Deace observed on Twitter, "I've been saying not enough people are talking about this. There is a strong anti-big pharma contingent in Iowa. The Kennedy name still carries weight in the Boston suburb known as NH," quote-tweeting Axios' Alex Thompson.

Thomson added valuable context with commentary from Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire who said, "It's unclear to me if party officials understood the position they were putting New Hampshire in or if they simply did not care. I believe the DNC's process was flawed and that top party officials had their own agenda from the start."
 

Jeanne Shaheen told Axios: “It's unclear to me if party officials understood the position they were putting New Hampshire in or if they simply did not care. I believe the DNC's process was flawed and that top party officials had their own agenda from the start.” pic.twitter.com/kThhF0uCHy

— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 15, 2023

He added in the thread that former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina opined, "Even if a candidate is going to win the first mythical first states of Iowa and New Hampshire, it’s not going to matter."

Kennedy, however, seems to be actively campaigning in New Hampshire, bucking party bosses attempting to cancel his events, characterizing one as "a libertarian event run by Free State extremists."
 

The Democratic Party Bosses who promote censorship, who have stripped New Hampshire of its rightful First in the Nation primary status, who have shut down debate, who refuse to campaign in New Hampshire, are in no position to tell me who to talk to. I’m going to speak at Porcfest…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 16, 2023

RFK, Jr. hit back Friday, replying "The Democratic Party Bosses who promote censorship, who have stripped New Hampshire of its rightful First in the Nation primary status, who have shut down debate, who refuse to campaign in New Hampshire, are in no position to tell me who to talk to. I’m going to speak at Porcfest because I believe in freedom, unity, healing the divide, and truth.#LiveFreeorDie."

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