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Biden deserves RFK
Censorship should be punished.
It’s been an eventful three weeks in Presidential politics. Joe Biden had a disastrous performance on his June 27 TV special with Donald Trump, followed by calls for him to step down as the Democratic nominee. If this made people look again at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK), on July 2 Vanity Fair published a piece by Joe Hagan that can be summarized as NOOOOOO!!!!! DON’T!!!!!
On July 11, Biden called the President of Ukraine “President Putin” and his Vice President “Trump.”
And then there was the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump. History tells us we’ll never get to the bottom of it, but the sympathy it generated for Trump created a positive buzz for the Republican National Convention. I didn’t watch but Trump supporters seemed happy with it. That positive energy seems to have added to the pressure on Biden to leave the race.
Meanwhile, RFK is still polling around 9% nationally. Assuming he remains in the race until Election Day, I’m guessing he’ll come under that in the final results, but could still swing states for Trump.
Here’s why.
A sizable percentage of the electorate wants Trump to return to the White House and RFK won’t “steal” any votes from him. But there’s a large number that opposes Trump and would vote for Biden if…
