Biden, Trump and their parties are all hoping to define RFK Jr. before he gets a chance to do it himself in the 2024 election.
Democrats and Republicans alike are scrambling to define Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential bid and ascribe his views to the other ideological side before he is able to introduce himself to the 2024 electorate. 'The only thing they know is that he's Robert Kennedy's son,' said Allan Lichtman, a historian and distinguished professor of history at American University.
Earlier this month, the DNC established a staff devoted specifically to addressing third-party competitors. According to spokesperson Matt Corridoni, the decision to take on outside presidential bids was born out of not taking anything for granted. 'I think a lot of his support is simply based on the name, not on any understanding of what RFK Jr. actually stands for,' Lichtman claimed, calling him a 'very ambiguous figure.
For Russell Verney, who served as a top adviser to Ross Perot’s famed 1992 independent presidential campaign, these efforts from each side were prompted by both parties' aversions to competition. If a voter chooses to support Kennedy on Election Day, Verney claimed many of them 'wouldn’t have voted for Biden anyway.
If I was in the Biden camp right now, I would be pulling the five-alarm fire,' added Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA. Others suggest that the threat presented by Kennedy is 'asymmetrical.' 'There are expected to be a lot of ‘double-haters’ in this contest' unhappy with both Trump and Biden, added Kevin Madden, former senior adviser to Utah Sen. Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.
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