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Doodley

(11,914 posts)
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 11:14 PM Aug 2024

Should Kamala agree to endorsement from RFK Junior?

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign reached out to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign to arrange a meeting about a possible role in her administration if he drops out of the race and endorses her, a Kennedy campaign official and a Democratic official told CNN.

The approach from Kennedy’s team occurred last week, and no meeting between the two candidates materialized, the Kennedy campaign official told CNN.

The effort to meet comes weeks after Kennedy and former President Donald Trump met in person during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where the two discussed a possible role for Kennedy in a potential Trump administration in exchange for an endorsement.

Kennedy campaign staff also attempted to reach out to intermediaries for Ron Klain, former White House chief of staff for Presiden

https://www.aol.com/news/rfk-jr-reached-harris-campaign-012142867.html

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Should Kamala agree to endorsement from RFK Junior? (Original Post) Doodley Aug 2024 OP
No. RFK Junior is siphoning more votes from Trump. Toss this guy aside. Walleye Aug 2024 #1
Agreed. Stay as far away from that brain rot as possible. brush Aug 2024 #21
Absolutely not! Louis1895 Aug 2024 #2
No fucking way Gruenemann Aug 2024 #3
No. He's weird and creepy. ms liberty Aug 2024 #4
He can do whatever he wants. They should just ignore his foolishness or illness or whatever it is. bullimiami Aug 2024 #5
GTFOH, no way stumpysbear Aug 2024 #6
She should take the offer and give him the coveted position ColinC Aug 2024 #7
Fukk NO! This guy is crazy and unemployable Bev54 Aug 2024 #8
Is that not akin to blackmail? dchill Aug 2024 #9
Hold out for the worm's endorsement. The worm has credibility. Solly Mack Aug 2024 #10
Fuck no, for multiple reasons. RockRaven Aug 2024 #11
Just say no to Heroin Addicts in the Harris Administration bottomofthehill Aug 2024 #12
He's abhorrent. JoseBalow Aug 2024 #13
no. full stop. WhiteTara Aug 2024 #14
Hell No!! ArnoldLayne Aug 2024 #15
Never negotiate with terrorists BlueSpot Aug 2024 #16
Bobby has burned way too many bridges for a strategic retreat DFW Aug 2024 #17
hell no RussBLib Aug 2024 #18
Hell, no. sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #19
There is no upside for Harris/Walz. MontanaMama Aug 2024 #20
No. Deny him any access to credibility. Duncan Grant Aug 2024 #22
Fuck no ibegurpard Aug 2024 #23
He has disgraced the Kennedy name. NT anamnua Aug 2024 #24
VPOTUS Harris to ghost RFK Jr.; no good would come from PufPuf23 Aug 2024 #25
NON! Mme. Defarge Aug 2024 #26
Let him endorse if he wants. But no quid pro quo. No way. No how. pat_k Aug 2024 #27
She will ignore him completely. He's falling apart and she doesn't GoodRaisin Aug 2024 #28
Looks like we're unanimous.. Permanut Aug 2024 #29
His vaccine stance has no doubt killed people. applegrove Aug 2024 #30
no Skittles Aug 2024 #31
Dance with the one that brought (bought) you, Bobby Blue Dotty Aug 2024 #32
Rejected, RFK Jr will next reach out to Jill Stein Kaleva Aug 2024 #33
I don.t like being rude but.... Scruffy1 Aug 2024 #34
Not just NO! AKwannabe Aug 2024 #35
Man he is pimping himself out to anyone Rstrstx Aug 2024 #36
Credibility issues. Big time. oasis Aug 2024 #37
Listen to the Behind the Bastards podcasts on RFK Jr MistakenLamb Aug 2024 #38
She could offer to make him the ambassador to a deserted island somewhere... BluesRunTheGame Aug 2024 #39
And toss EmptyG and BoBo there as well. Menage a trois ftom hell. Add in a dead bear for extra spice. Celerity Aug 2024 #40
Sounds like something you'd see in a Hieronymus Bosch painting. BluesRunTheGame Aug 2024 #42
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2024 #41
Throw his request on the crank pile. n/t FSogol Aug 2024 #43
Another grifter looking for a job---NFW Maeve Aug 2024 #44
I don't see any real advantage for the campaign to be associated Torchlight Aug 2024 #45
Absolutely, positively not. The man is almost more unbalanced than Trump. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #46

bullimiami

(14,075 posts)
5. He can do whatever he wants. They should just ignore his foolishness or illness or whatever it is.
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 11:20 PM
Aug 2024

RockRaven

(19,381 posts)
11. Fuck no, for multiple reasons.
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 11:29 PM
Aug 2024

For pragmatic purposes, because available information indicates he takes more votes away from TCF, which means it is better that he stay in the race to the end.

For moral purposes, this man should have no role or influence or contacts in the executive branch whatsoever. He is a privileged, ignorant, narcissistic, weirdo personally responsible for many preventable deaths and maimings and voluminous human suffering. He can fuck off to nowhere, as can anyone who supports or associates with him.

BlueSpot

(1,303 posts)
16. Never negotiate with terrorists
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 11:47 PM
Aug 2024

It doesn't really match the definition of terrorism. Maybe it's just don't take bribes. The answer is easy. Of course not.

DFW

(60,189 posts)
17. Bobby has burned way too many bridges for a strategic retreat
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 11:54 PM
Aug 2024

If I were at the heart of the Harris campaign, I would get word to him, verbally, and very discreetly, that he might be given a low-level job in the legal branch of the EPA, and then only if a couple of conditions are met. First, he keeps anti-vax and other crazy stuff to himself, and second, if he focuses only on cases involving environmental law, which he used to teach, and actually knows something about. The slightest leak prior to the inauguration would initiate a denial and terminate the agreement. Pissing off co-workers would equally result in immediate termination. Concrete proof that his people worked behind the scenes, and discreetly to get their few followers in crucial swing states to vote Democratic, would be a requirement for the agreement to be honored.

If you or any of your RFK force are caught or exposed, the Vice-President will deny any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self destruct in five seconds. Good luck,Bobby.

MontanaMama

(24,722 posts)
20. There is no upside for Harris/Walz.
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 12:33 AM
Aug 2024

None. Ignore his crazy ass…he’s attached to Roger Stone and Michael Flynn. Why in the world would she do that?

Duncan Grant

(8,920 posts)
22. No. Deny him any access to credibility.
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 12:41 AM
Aug 2024

He forfeited credibility years ago. Under no circumstances should a democrat lend him a whiff of competency.

ibegurpard

(17,081 posts)
23. Fuck no
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 01:00 AM
Aug 2024

In fact I'd distance myself from an endorsement even if it came without any strings attached.
I don't want that nutball anywhere near a policy making position.

PufPuf23

(9,861 posts)
25. VPOTUS Harris to ghost RFK Jr.; no good would come from
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 01:06 AM
Aug 2024

Harris acknowledging RFK Jr.

Silence is better than thanks but no thanks.

Blue Dotty

(179 posts)
32. Dance with the one that brought (bought) you, Bobby
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 01:38 AM
Aug 2024

Stick with the super pacs that supported you.

Kaleva

(40,365 posts)
33. Rejected, RFK Jr will next reach out to Jill Stein
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 02:42 AM
Aug 2024

Offering to endorse her and drop out of the race in exchange for a cabinet position in a Stein Administration.

Scruffy1

(3,534 posts)
34. I don.t like being rude but....
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 03:04 AM
Aug 2024

Fuck that shit. And I knew Bobby before he lost his mind.

AKwannabe

(6,890 posts)
35. Not just NO!
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 03:11 AM
Aug 2024

But FUCKNO!

Fuck him!
Don’t let that worm brain run any fucking piece of the government. Fuck that shit!!
Plus. He went to tRump first DUH

FUCK NO!

Rstrstx

(1,648 posts)
36. Man he is pimping himself out to anyone
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 03:23 AM
Aug 2024

Promise him a spot on the Moon Landings Coverup committee, which will start whenever they can get enough tin foil together

MistakenLamb

(791 posts)
38. Listen to the Behind the Bastards podcasts on RFK Jr
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 04:06 AM
Aug 2024

He is toxic waste who should not be near any cabinet for any administration

BluesRunTheGame

(1,964 posts)
39. She could offer to make him the ambassador to a deserted island somewhere...
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 05:48 AM
Aug 2024

…on the condition that he move there and not come back.

Celerity

(54,411 posts)
40. And toss EmptyG and BoBo there as well. Menage a trois ftom hell. Add in a dead bear for extra spice.
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 06:06 AM
Aug 2024

Response to Doodley (Original post)

Torchlight

(6,830 posts)
45. I don't see any real advantage for the campaign to be associated
Thu Aug 15, 2024, 08:38 AM
Aug 2024

even indirectly, with his multiple counterproductive behavioral tendencies.

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