Former Bush Advisor Marvels at RFK’s Polling Numbers Even After He Admitted a ‘Worm Ate Part of His Brain!’
Former George W. Bush advisor Mark Mckinnon argued on Friday on MSNBC that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will present a “significant” challenge to both President Joe Biden and Donald Trump in November, and it’s not clear which candidate he could impact more.
Kennedy Jr. is currently going through the expensive process of gaining ballot access and he’s been successful in a handful of states, but is now facing a challenge in New York. A Biden-aligned group has challenged his ballot access, claiming he lied about having a New York residency.
McKinnon argued the “great enigma” about Kennedy Jr.’s campaign is he appeals to both the left and the right.
“Nobody’s clear who he hurts more, but the reality is he’s taking a big piece out of both of them and if you want to know who he’s threatening, just look at who is attacking him and at first it was Biden, and then it was Trump, so that’s the remarkable thing, he’s an anti-vaxxer with appeal on the right and a pro-environmentalist with appeal on the left,” he said.
The political advisor marveled at Kennedy Jr.’s polling, especially in light of the revelation that Kennedy Jr. admitted to having a brain “worm” that was ultimately left alone by doctors. According to a 2012 deposition that recently came to light, Kennedy Jr. admitted to there being a “dead parasite” in his brain. He said he suffered from brain fogginess around 2010 and discovered he’d gotten a tapeworm. He claimed it likely came from eating uncooked pork overseas. Kennedy Jr. ultimately stopped experiencing brain fog and the dead parasite was left where it is.
“We have two nominees and three-quarters of the country find those nominees very acceptable and a guy who says a worm has eaten part of his brain is getting 16% of the vote, so the choices here are really tough for American voters,” McKinnon said.
Chris Jansing had earlier cited an April NBC News poll where Kennedy Jr. pulled 13% against Biden, Trump, and other third-party candidates.
McKinnon argued Kennedy Jr. and others are facing a “really rigged” system as far as ballot access, arguing Democrat and Republican secretaries of state can present major challenges and citing $50 million as the minimum to be spent as an independent candidate getting individual ballot access.
McKinnon argued that Kennedy Jr. and potentially others could be a significant threat in an election that is very likely to come down to thousands of votes in swing states despite reports that Kennedy Jr.’s campaign is a “massive train wreck.”
“In this environment, I think anybody’s significant. He’s drawing 16% of the vote now and maybe he won’t sustain that, but he gets 2 or 3%, if anybody does in a race decided by thousands of votes, yes it’s a problem,” he said.
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