According to his post on Truth Social:

I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health. The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country. Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!

HHS is huge. It has 13 operating divisions, including 10 agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and three human services agencies. Included under RFK’s purview will be the CDC, the FDA, and the NIH.

In other words, RFK will now be empowered to completely reshape healthcare in the United States from just about every federal angle.

Reactions to the news were stunning:

RFK Jr. will make America healthy again! pic.twitter.com/kyv3E7maoB

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 14, 2024

Anyone who claims @RobertKennedyJr isn't qualified to head HHS needs to explain the special qualifications of the current holder of that office, Xavier Becerra, who is a career politician with a law degree.

— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) November 14, 2024

The old Health Minister vs The new Health Minister

Who do you choose? pic.twitter.com/RQBGeF7dLl

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 14, 2024

God forbid we let RFK Jr. be in charge of HHS, otherwise he might do something crazy like fund experimental gain-of-function research in Chinese laboratories and cause a global pandemic

Oh wait

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) November 14, 2024

I got to witness Bobby make his announcement to drop out and endorse you front row in Phoenix. He is one of the most genuine patriots I've ever heard speak.

God bless RFK Jr. and President Trump.

— George (@BehizyTweets) November 14, 2024

Just a few months ago @RobertKennedyJr gave up his Presidential campaign to join forces with Trump to “save the children”

Today Bobby was announced as Trump’s new Head of HHS to fulfill that mission and Make America Healthy Again

Congrats Bobby!! pic.twitter.com/bz8Xun41Oc

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) November 14, 2024

LONG OVERDUE. It’s time to get the toxic chemicals, heavy metals and poisons out of our food. It’s time to stop spraying our skies with metals and get the atrazine and fluoride out of our tap water. Gut the FDA. Big Pharma & Big Food work together to make billions keeping us sick

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 14, 2024

LFG! Let’s fight obesity and Big Pharma together, and, most importantly, let’s lock up Fauci!

— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) November 14, 2024

Ladies and gentlemen, your new HHS Secretary, Bobby Kennedy Jr.:

"I asked God for 19 years to put me in a position where I could end the chronic disease epidemic and bring health back to our children, and in August, God sent me Donald Trump.”

MAHA MAGA

pic.twitter.com/1vKVSLQ4Y3

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2024

This move is truly transformative. As Kennedy and Trump have both highlighted, this nation was once the envy of the world for both healthcare and fitness of its citizens. Today, we’re the laughingstock. Kennedy is poised to truly Make America Healthy Again.

According to Kennedy, advertising money spent on television has nothing to do with trying to sell their products and everything to do with keeping networks from running negative stories or investigations about them. There have been numerous reports and even full documentaries about this practice over the years but it is still considered to be a “conspiracy theory”… as reported by corporate media.

Watch:

BOMBSHELL

RFK JR will Recommend to Donald Trump the Complete BAN of Pharmaceutical Ads from US Airwaves

YOU HAVE NO IDEA how big this would be… This will affect every major news outlet, which gets the majority of their funding from…. BIG PHARMA.

THIS is why… pic.twitter.com/S87znUbMYO

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) November 1, 2024

This isn’t the first time he has made such a promise. While running for president as an Independent candidate, Kennedy said he would make the move on his first day in office if elected.

Only two countries allow Big Pharma to buy television ads: the United States and New Zealand.

Kennedy is expected to take a leading role in the Trump administration should he earn a second term. His “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Alliance is focused on improving the health of American citizens. It’s understandable that his biggest detractors are the Big Pharma companies that make money of Americans staying unhealthy, plus the proxies in media and politics that Big Pharma pays off.

Politicians have generally avoided the topic. There are a handful on Capitol Hill who occasionally mention the group and even a couple who have taken minor actions, but for the most part Washington DC never brings up the topic. That may change if Donald Trump wins because Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has been promised a role in the administration, seems unabashed in his criticism.

On a recent interview with Glenn Beck, RFK Jr didn’t hold back on the WEF. He called them a “billionaire’s boys club” and highlighted how they push politicians to shift wealth upward.

“The World Economic Forum is ‘a billionaires’ boys’ club that’s arranging for the world to shift wealth upward, and to clamp down totalitarian controls on everybody else.

“It’s astonishing to me that these people go to Davos in their private jets, and they’re able to tell these world leaders how to govern us in ways that eradicate our constitutional and civil rights.”

RFK Jr will be focused on “Making America Healthy Again” as part of a future Trump administration. As a former Democrat and blatant progressive on some issues, the hope by many patriots is that he stays in his lane and doesn’t get into Trump’s ear on too many other topics. When it comes to the WEF, we hope he does get Trump to pay more attention to the dangerous group.

“You know, my family is at the center of the Democratic Party. I have members of my family that are working for the Biden administration. Biden has a bust of my father behind him at the Oval Office, and he’s been a family friend for many years,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy emphasized the importance of family debate and love despite disagreements, saying, “I think we all need to be able to disagree with each other and still love each other.” He acknowledged that his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, was “very uncomfortable” with his decision to endorse Trump, a sentiment she had previously shared on social media.

I am so grateful to my amazing wife Cheryl for her unconditional love, as I made a political decision with which she is very uncomfortable. I wish this also for the country — love and unity even in the face of disagreement. We will need that in coming times. https://t.co/sar4Jka46K

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 23, 2024

“My family is – I understand that they’re troubled by my decisions. I love my family. I feel like we were raised in a milieu where we were encouraged to debate each other and debate ferociously and passionately about things and still love each other,” he added. “They’re free to take their positions on these issues. There are many, many members of my family working at my campaign and who are supporting me.”

In response to Kennedy’s endorsement, his siblings released a statement reaffirming their support for Vice President Kamala Harris and criticizing Kennedy’s move as a “betrayal” of their family’s values. They expressed a vision for America that focuses on hope, unity, and shared values, starkly contrasting with Kennedy’s decision to back Trump.

The statement, signed by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Courtney Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Chris Kennedy, and Rory Kennedy, was endorsed by Joe Kennedy III, who praised it as “well said.” This familial rift was highlighted when Kennedy announced his endorsement, where he accused the Democratic National Committee of legal warfare against both him and Trump, and criticized the DNC for what he described as a “sham primary” that sidelined any significant challenge to President Biden.

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He has determined that suspending his presidential campaign to team up with former President Trump will be necessary for the strongest success rate in making Americans healthier again, not through big pharma’s Ozempic shots but instead revitalizing small farms and shaking up corrupted federal agencies.

Lifelong liberals like RFK Jr. backing Trump is one of the strongest indicators of just how extreme the ticket, unoriginal Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats have become. Harris’ team recently announced their first proposed economic policy, which was rooted in communism and included disastrous price controls. It appears the far-left ticket is being advised and heavily influenced by Marxists.

Between RFK Jr’s special announcement earlier Friday and his speech at Trump’s packed campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, the liberal with millions of supporters nationwide appears to have made a deal with Trump to join the campaign with a shot at waging war against corrupt federal health and food agencies, resetting the nation’s poisonous food supply chain, and launch a crusade against big pharma if the Trump team wins in November.

RFK Jr. informed journalists at his special press conference in the early afternoon of Friday that America’s health crisis stems from ultra-processed foods pushed by giant food/pharma companies that have corrupted various federal agencies:

Autism rates were about one in 10,000 in my generation – in my kids Generation 1 in 34. I’ll repeat in California 1 and 22. Why are we letting this happen? Why are we allowing this to happen to our children? These are the most precious assets that we have in this country how can we let this happen to them.

About 18% of American teens now have fatty liver disease, that’s like one out of every five – that disease when I was a kid only affected late stage alcoholics who were elderly.

Cancer rates are skyrocketing in the Young and the old young. Adult cancers are up 70 79%. One in four American women is on anti-depressant medication. About 40% of teens have a mental health diagnosis and 15% of high schoolers are on Aderall, and half a million children on SSRIs.

So what’s causing this suffering? I’ll name two culprits first and the worst is ultra-processed food. About 70% of American children’s diet is ultra-processed that means industrial manufacturing – these Foods consist primarily of processed sugar, ultra-processed grains, and seed oils.

Scientists who, for many of them, formerly worked for the cigarette industry, which purchased all the big food companies in the 1970s and 80s, deployed thousands of scientists to figure out chemicals new chemicals to make the food more addictive, and these ingredients didn’t exist a 100 years ago. Humans aren’t biologically adapted to eat them. Hundreds of these chemicals are now banned in Europe but ubiquitous in American processed foods.

The second culprit is toxic chemicals in our food and our medicine and our environment pesticides food additives pharmaceutical drugs and toxic waste permeate every cell of our bodies. The Assault on our children’s cells and hormones is unrelenting – name just one problem many of these chemicals increase estrogen – because young children are ingesting so many of these hormone disruptors, America’s puberty rate is now occurring at age 10 to 13, which is six years earlier than girls were reaching puberty in 1900 our country has the earliest puberty rates of any continent on the Earth and no this isn’t because of better nutrition – this is not normal – breast cancer is also estrogen-driven and it now strikes one in eight women. We are mass poisoning all of our children. 

RFK Jr. then touched on the processed food industry lobbyists who have corrupted Washington, resulting in a food supply chain filled with poison that is killing Americans. He said several federal agencies that are supposed to protect consumers have also been corrupted.

He pointed out that the processed food industry has been “destroying small farms, and they’re destroying our soils.”

And RFK Jr. at Trump’s campaign rally…

RFK JR. JUST TOLD OVER 20,000 THAT RIGHTFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL REMOVE CHEMICALS FROM FOOD!

"Don't you want healthy children?"

Kamala definitely isn't happy about this!

Share to make this go viral! pic.twitter.com/TEajEiRbgf

— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) August 24, 2024

Full RFK Jr. speech at the Trump Arizona Rally where he implores his supporters to vote for Trump so they together can 'Make America Healthy Again':
"We talked about the values and issues that bind us together. One of the issues that he talked about was having safe food and… pic.twitter.com/SaQX4ZRwbs

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) August 24, 2024

RFK Jr. is entirely correct about the war on small farms. More than ever, the corrupt government and the processed food industry have contributed to the more recent small farm collapse.

Taking a step back, in the 1800s, about 90% of the US population lived on farms. It was unheard of to see morbidly obese folks back then. Small farm owners began to decline as folks moved to towns and cities. Small farms have now collapsed to less than one percent of the US population. And the billionaire class like Bill Gates, who wants to ban cow farts, has been buying up small farms nationwide in a massive consolidation move.

In the US, small farms accounted for less than 25% of food production in 2020, down from nearly half in the 1990s. We have detailed the government’s war on small farms in numerous reports, including the war on Amish farmers in Pennsylvania.

The change of guard in farming across America and who controls the food supply chain has morphed from the people to the processed food industry. As mega-factory farms rise in power, inversely, small farms have been burdened by high operation costs and climate regulation – a stealthily way of bankrupting the small competition.

Unlike factory farms, small farms are deeply rooted in communities. They are more likely to feed their neighbors and provide real, nutritious food rather than have their produce end up in a Walmart store halfway across the country. The latest data from the USDA shows the massive farm collapse across America over the last century.

Mega corporations, some of which are part of the ‘green’ cult, want greater and greater control over the nation’s food supply chain. Some are even pushing insect-based diets.

The big takeaway from RFK Jr.’s support of Trump is that he believes the correct path to restoring America’s health is not Ozempic shots but revitalizing the nation’s local food supply chains by making small farms great again. He wants to reset the food supply chain system and purge it of ultra-processed foods and seed oils that are killing consumers. He also proposed shaking up federal agencies in health and food that have close ties with ultra-processed food companies.

For years, we have told readers that it’s critical to support local farmers and put the food supply chain back into the hands of the people—not corrupt mega-corps that flood store shelves with cancer-causing junk food.

Henry Kissinger famously said, “Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.”

It’s time for Americans to regain control of the nation’s food supply chains by making small farms great again. Also, boycotting the processed food industry and buying local food is critical.

If Trump wins, RFK Jr. will likely provide tailwinds for small farmers. And Europe will take note as corp/gov’ts have also waged war on small farms.

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Here’s RFK Jr’s sister, Kerry, speaking on behalf of her family:

I am sharing a personal statement that my family and I have made in response to my brother’s announcement. pic.twitter.com/j7vTTabNYZ

— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) August 23, 2024

Conservative commentator Tammy Bruce took to 𝕏 to reply. Her sentiment is likely shared by millions of Americans who are pleased the RFK Jr is doing the right thing while his family cannot fathom our suffering under the Biden-Harris regime.

She wrote:

An open letter to Kerry Kennedy:

You people are awful. Despite your family’s checkered past and horrible behavior of so many of the men, Americans have stood with you out of loyalty, sentimentality, and too often, grief. Despite the questionable establishment of your family’s wealth, the treatment of Marilyn Monroe, the general womanizing, the abandonment of Mary Jo Kopechne to her death, allegations of rape, one could go on and on, but the point is your family has stayed loyal and protective of family members who have done the most appalling of things.

But the moment one of your own acts on his conscience for this country you attempt to throw him to the wolves and publicly condemn him. Never a word for the trail of abused or abandoned women left behind by a Kennedy, but because one of your men supports Trump in an effort to make the lives of Americans better, that alone is beyond the pale.

In your ugly treatment of your brother you reveal the rot that has broken the hearts of the American people so many times over the years. Beyond that, the economic destruction of American families is something your family would never truly understand. You are not touched by the worry about having enough gas to get to work, or whether or not you can afford eggs this week, if you’ll be safe walking your own neighborhood, or if your child will be safe in their urban public school or even if they will know how to read and write while collecting their diploma.

You keep doing civil rights work and public service virtue signaling. But in the meantime, make a pledge to not keep doing damage as Americans are simply looking for a way to reclaim their own futures, the safety of their families, and knowing that maybe, just maybe, they can leave their children a little better off w a future they can rely on. The condition of this country should shock everyone, even if their name is Kennedy.

We know it at least shocks one of you who, like us, has had enough of the fear and hopelessness assigned to us for generations. Americans are happy to see Bobby on our side as we refuse to comply and will not go gentle into the catastrophes to which we are expected to succumb. Instead, with Trump and all who join us, we will fight, fight, fight!

Will the Kennedys get the message? No. They’re just as brainwashed as the rest of those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. The suffering of the peasants is inconsequential to the vast majority of the elites. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., represents the only redemption this horrible family enjoys.

Kennedy announced during a Friday speech that he would suspend his campaign and endorse Trump in states where he is not on the ballot, only withdrawing his name from consideration in key battleground states as not to spoil the vote. Carter and Cooperman, on “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” said that in such a close election, the votes that Trump could gain from Kennedy’s decision might boost his chances of defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.

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“When you’re looking at these battleground states, we’re looking at averages where Donald Trump might be ahead by 0.2%, and just getting some of those votes could have a really big impact. And I think RFK Jr. knows this,” Carter said. “He was very, very keen to say, ‘I am withdrawing my name from these 10 states because I know it can have an impact.’ And so I think there is a very, very clear directive here.”

“It’s absolutely the case that the polls in these swing states show that with RFK removed, there is a small advantage that goes to Donald Trump. And in these states, every single vote really does matter. This makes a lot of sense,” Cooperman said. “Democrats are far more enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate than they were about Joe Biden. And so you’re seeing much more coalescing among Democrats for Kamala, and therefore the support that RFK was getting in the most recent polls was certainly going to help Trump more so with him removed from it.”

Cooperman also noted “there is uncertainty” about what Kennedy’s supporters will do in November.

“It’s going to really depend, what are these voters going to do? Are they going to stay home or are they going to throw their support behind Donald Trump? I’m very curious now to see how RFK Jr. is integrated into Donald Trump’s campaign and what kind of role they’re going to talk about for him and how they might use this,” Carter added.

“I think Donald Trump’s got to return himself to sort of the underdog status that would help to get those RFK Jr. supporters on his side,” the Republican pollster said.

Kennedy’s support plunged to as low as 2% as of early August, according to an Economist/YouGov poll. Trump is presently beating Harris in the main battleground states by 0.1%, according to the RealClearPoltics average.

A “Morning Joe” panel sounded the alarm on Friday about how difficult it will be for Harris to beat Trump, with the race being so tight and the former president historically outperforming polls on election day.

“You got to look at states like North Carolina and Arizona and, of course, Georgia. Now, you may get a break with minority voting down in Georgia, but you could also come up short in Pennsylvania and not quite win in North Carolina,” former MSNBC host Chris Matthews said. “This could squeak. This could be the toughest election, because if Pennsylvania doesn’t go the Democratic way and North Carolina doesn’t go that way, it’s tough, it’s really tough.”

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In such a close race, this endorsement could potentially make a world of difference.  Some recent polls have shown Trump with a narrow lead, but other recent polls have shown Kamala Harris with a narrow lead.  If RFK Jr. can deliver a bump of even a couple of percentage points for Trump, that would be huge.

At this moment, RFK Jr. is not publicly confirming anything.  But ABC News and NBC News have both spoken to “anonymous sources” that say that RFK Jr. will definitely drop out and endorse Trump on Friday…

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to exit the presidential race Friday and endorse GOP nominee Donald Trump, according to ABC News and NBC News citing anonymous sources.

If you go to his official campaign website, you will see that Kennedy is scheduled to address the country about “his path forward” on Friday morning…

PHOENIX, AZ—AUGUST 21, 2024—Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will address the nation live on Friday about the present historical moment and his path forward.

WHAT: Kennedy to Address the Nation
WHEN: Friday, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, arrive by 10 a.m. PT
WHERE: Phoenix, AZ (address will be provided to registered press)

Interestingly, Trump is also scheduled to be in Phoenix on Friday.

Do you think that this is just a coincidence? Of course not.

According to ABC News, there is a possibility that Kennedy could appear on stage at Trump’s event on Friday night, but nothing has been “finalized” at this point…

One possible scenario being discussed is for Kennedy to appear on stage with Trump at an event in Phoenix on Friday, though the sources cautioned that Kennedy’s thinking could always change and sources close to Trump say no plan for Friday is finalized.

This is a truly stunning development.

On Wednesday, JD Vance confirmed that there has been a lot of communication between Kennedy’s campaign and Trump’s campaign…

Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, said in an interview Wednesday that “there’s been a lot of communication back and forth” between Kennedy and his campaign.

“I haven’t spoken to RFK personally, but I know there’s been a lot of communication back and forth between RFK, between the campaign, between this campaign,” Vance said. “Look, our argument to RFK, and I’ll make it right now, because, of course, he hasn’t dropped out yet, is, look: If you want a Democratic Party that protected American workers and stood for strong borders, maybe disagreed with Republicans on things like tax policy, that party doesn’t exist anymore.”

Apparently there are three prominent individuals that have been key in persuading Kennedy to endorse Trump.

According to NBC News, those three individuals are Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, and a very wealthy donor named Omeed Malik…

Persuading Kennedy to back Trump has been an ongoing project of Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr., former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and wealthy donor Omeed Malik, according to a source familiar with the efforts who requested anonymity to divulge internal campaign deliberations. The three men have worked behind the scenes in meetings and calls with both principals to negotiate Kennedy’s exit and endorsement, the source said.

Ultimately, this is how the game is played. It is all about making deals, and Trump is about to make one of the most important deals that he has ever made.

One of the reasons why Kennedy may be making a move now is because his campaign has just about run out of money…

Kennedy’s campaign appeared to be running out of money, according to Federal Election Commission filings published earlier this week. At the end of last month, Kennedy’s campaign owed close to $3.5 million and had only $3.9 million on hand.

Kennedy could stay in the race and run up enormous debts, but at this point it has become clear that he has no path to victory.

Sadly, it takes a ton of money to run for office these days, and that is particularly true if you are trying to run for president. So what will the race look like going forward?

Many conservatives are convinced that Kennedy’s endorsement will be an enormous boost for Trump.  For example, Darren Beattie believes that Kennedy’s endorsement could give Trump an “immediate” two or three percentage point bump in the polls in all of the swing states…

If this is true, it’s a game-changer. Insiders believe it could upend the race, giving President Trump an immediate two- to three-point bump in all swing states, with even more growth down the road. Now, imagine RFK Jr. hitting the campaign trail for Trump—that would be huge.

On the other hand, many on the left are trying to downplay the impact that Kennedy’s endorsement is going to have on the race.  The following comes from the Washington Post…

Perhaps the most important point of consideration here, again, is that there simply aren’t that many Kennedy supporters. If Trump picks up fully half of them, it adds a few points to his national support and, according to 538’s average, still has him trailing Harris. Making the announcement Friday might be an effort to step on any improvement Harris sees from the convention but, it’s not as though Kennedy has a big base or is viewed with broad favorability by Americans. (Among those with an opinion, he’s viewed more negatively than positively by a six-point margin in 538’s average.)

So who is right? We will just have to wait and see.

At this stage, we are looking at a very close race. According to Time Magazine, this election will be decided by just seven ultra-important swing states.

Those swing states are Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be poured into those states, and much of the rest of the nation will be pretty much ignored.

Both sides feel like the stakes couldn’t be any higher, and it is literally going to feel like the end of the world for whichever side loses.

Personally, I am entirely convinced that there will be far more chaos after election day than before it.

We truly are moving into uncharted territory, and I don’t think that our country is ready to handle what is about to happen.

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During an Aug. 15 Latino Town Hall on TikTok, he told the moderators that the story is “fake news.”

“I didn’t ask for a cabinet position,” Kennedy said.

“I want to meet with all candidates about dampening down the rhetoric and unifying our country.”

Kennedy said candidates, including former President Donald Trump and Libertarian presidential nominee Chase Oliver, have met with him.

“Kamala Harris said she doesn’t want to [meet],” he said.

Kennedy has repeatedly said at campaign stops and in interviews with media outlets and on podcasts that he would always welcome conversations with opposing candidates, media outlets, and podcasters who do not share his views.

He told The Epoch Times that many Democrats and Republicans acknowledge the division in America but then get mad “if you meet with Trump or Kamala Harris.” He said he is “willing to take the heat by working to build a bridge between both sides.”

Kennedy, who is attempting to get on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, met with Trump last month in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention. The Washington Post reported that Kennedy discussed dropping out of the race to back the former president and join his administration if he returns to the White House.

The purpose of meeting with President Trump was to talk about the chronic disease epidemic and children’s health, Kennedy said. He denied that he would end his presidential bid and support the former president.

Democrats and Republicans alike have expressed concern that Kennedy could take away votes from their respective presidential candidates.

Earlier this year, the DNC hired Lis Smith, a veteran Democrat strategist who managed Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign, to spearhead an aggressive communication plan to combat Kennedy, independent Cornel West, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein.

In recent months, the DNC and Clear Choice, a super PAC aligned with Biden to counter third-party presidential candidates, have objected to Kennedy’s appearance on the ballot, making legal filings in multiple states.

Last week, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that Kennedy falsely listed that he was a New York resident on his nominating petitions. As a result, he was removed from the state’s general election ballot, a decision Kennedy has appealed.

The DNC has called Kennedy a “stalking horse” to “prop up” Trump. Kennedy, meanwhile, has accused the DNC of trying to win the election in courtrooms and keep voters from having another choice.

Regarding the report that Kennedy sought a meeting with Harris, Matt Corridoni, a DNC spokesman.said, “No one has any intention of negotiating with a MAGA-funded fringe candidate who has sought out a job with Donald Trump in exchange for an endorsement.”

David Carlucci, a former Democratic New York state senator who is now a Democratic strategist, told The Epoch Times that Kennedy’s attempt to reach out to Harris “speaks to the issue that many voters already know: Kamala Harris will be elected as our next president.”

Kennedy’s actions during his campaign have “repeatedly shown that his judgment is not suitable for the presidency or any other leadership role in government,” he said.

Stefanie Spear, Kennedy’s press secretary, told The Epoch Times in a statement that “Mr. Kennedy is willing to meet with leaders of both parties to discuss the possibility of a unity government” and has done so since he entered the presidential race.

Biden leads Trump in a two-way race by 6% in Wisconsin, but the two are nearly tied when third-party candidates, such as Kennedy who got 12% support, are included, according to a Wednesday Quinnipiac poll. Psaki cited the poll, adding that she does not believe Kennedy only strips support from Trump.

“There was a Quinnipiac poll this week … where if he is in the race and on the ballot in Wisconsin, he gets 12% of the vote,” Psaki said. “So, polls are imperfect, they’re testing a moment in time, but dead worms, conspiracy theories, mercury, all these things aside … my larger point here is that this man is a real threat.”

“I understand that there’s polling that suggests that he would only hurt Donald Trump,” she added. “I don’t buy that. I don’t buy it.”

Polling has largely indicated Kennedy more of a threat to Biden than Trump since he switched his party affiliation from Democrat to independent in October, but several recent polls have suggested the independent is hindering Trump’s candidacy. Biden’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and other groups have already initiated endeavors to combat Kennedy’s campaign in fear that he will strip more support from Biden’s base than Trump’s.

Many blame Hillary Clinton’s 2016 defeat on Green Party contender Jill Stein’s presence on the ballot in key swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — all of which Trump won by less than a point.

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