RFK Jr. Clears The Air On Potential To Run Alongside Donald Trump

On Wednesday, Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared any potential thoughts on whether he would join Donald Trump on the 2024 general elections ticket. 

RFK stated on his Twitter account, “Just to quell any speculation, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I join Donald Trump on an electoral ticket. Our positions on certain fundamental issues, our approaches to governance, and our philosophies of leadership could not be further apart.”
 

Just to quell any speculation, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I join Donald Trump on an electoral ticket. Our positions on certain fundamental issues, our approaches to governance, and our philosophies of leadership could not be further apart.

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 10, 2023

Kennedy was recently found to poll well with both Democrats and Republicans alike, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey. RFK even scored well among independent voters but Democrats as a whole still prefer Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate. Voters in the survey became more split when presented with a Biden-Harris versus Trump-Kennedy election scenario, however.
Steve Bannon also made comments two weeks ago on ‘The Charlie Kirk Show,’ praising RFK going after the deep state, and calling a unity ticket between Trump and Kennedy “insurmountable.” Bannon said that the ticket could bring over many populists on the left and bring them onto the Trump ticket. 

Kennedy has pushed much of his campaign as being a middle-ground candidate, recently tweeting on how you can advocate for immigration while also being in support of closing the border. Kennedy tweeted “America should be a haven of freedom and prosperity, open to law-abiding migrants who will contribute to our society. However, immigration must proceed in an orderly, lawful manner. Right now we have chaos at the border. Human trafficking, criminality, and intolerable stress on border states like Texas. It is a humanitarian nightmare.” 
 

Is it possible to be pro-immigration AND pro closing the border? Yes. America should be a haven of freedom and prosperity, open to law-abiding migrants who will contribute to our society. However, immigration must proceed in an orderly, lawful manner. Right now we have chaos at…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 3, 2023

Kennedy has been on a continual rise in overall popularity as Biden begins to fall due to the current president's decaying mental sharpness, as reported previously by DC Enquirer. 

Many will see the announcement as a shame, but ultimately it is better to have both RFK and Trump run with someone they feel they can properly work alongside.