Published January 28, 2024
Reports citing anonymous sources purportedly close to Donald Trump alleging “preliminary overtures” were made to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about serving as the former president’s running mate in 2024 are fake news, the Trump campaign declared Sunday.
Fox News ran with the story, citing the New York Post as its primary source for the claim Kennedy, 70, was tapped about the possibility of becoming Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
“Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” one person familiar with the matter told the outlet, adding it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced” in April 2023 that he was making a run for the White House.
Political strategist Chris LaCivita took to social media to quickly dismiss the claim, saying “This is 100% FAKE NEWS – NO ONE from the Trump Campaign ever approached RFK jr (or ever will) – one of the most LIBERAL and radical environmentalists in the country. For all the fake news – update your stories.”
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SOURCE: www.breitbart.com
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Published January 28, 2024
The Trump team is shutting down rumors that the former president tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his vice president pick early on in his running.
Over the weekend, Fox News reported, citing The New York Post, that RFK Jr. was Trump’s top vice president choice should he become the 2024 GOP nominee.
“Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” news outlets reported, adding that it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced.”
However, Senior Trump adviser Chris LaCivita refuted the idea that the former president had ever reached out to the Democrat.
“This is 100% FAKE NEWS – NO ONE from the Trump Campaign ever approached RFK jr (or ever will) – one of the most LIBERAL and radical environmentalists in the country. For all the fake news- update your stories,” LaCivita posed on X Saturday.
In 2024, Kennedy refused to attack Trump during an interview and praised his hard work, saying he was “proud” the former president liked him even if they disagreed on “most” issues.
Trump called him a “common-sense guy.”
Kennedy, initially running as a Democrat, has since switched sides and is now running as an independent candidate in the 2024 race.
Kennedy has speculated that he may run as a libertarian, citing reports that voters are tired of a two-party system. The idea comes as concerns mount he won’t be able to get his name on all 50 state’s ballots.
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
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Published January 27, 2024
People close to former President Donald Trump made attempts to recruit Robert F. Kennedy to serve as his running mate, according to a report which was subsequently denied by Trump’s team.
Citing a source in Trump’s orbit who is familiar with the matter, the New York Post reported that people close to the former president made “preliminary overtures” to Kennedy, a former Democrat candidate now running as an Independent, about the possibility of him serving as Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
“Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” one person familiar with the matter told the outlet, adding that it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced” in April 2023 that he was making a run for the White House.
“Anything’s possible. I wouldn’t write it off by any means,” the source added.
However, Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser to Trump’s 2024 campaign, strongly denied the report.
“NO ONE from the Trump Campaign ever approached RFK jr (or ever will) – one of the most LIBERAL and radical environmentalists in the country,” LaCivita wrote in a tweet.
Kennedy, 70, initially launched a bid for president last year as a Democrat. However, amid conflicts with the Democratic National Committee tossing its total support behind President Biden in the 2024 race, he announced in October that he would instead be making an independent run for the White House.
One large donor to both the Trump and Kennedy campaigns told the outlet that the effort to recruit Kennedy to serve as Trump’s running mate is still very much alive amid Trump insiders.
“It’s very much behind the scenes at this stage. As we progress you might see it bubble up a little bit more,” the donor said. “Bobby can bring new people to the polls.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Trump’s and Kennedy’s campaigns but did not immediately receive a response.
Earlier this week, both Trump and RFK came down on the same side of the ongoing southern border crisis in Texas.
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SOURCE: www.foxnews.com
