The sister of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is frightened that her brother will act as an election disrupter and take votes away from President Biden as he mounts an unbiased bid in opposition to him.
When requested by CNN’s Erin Burnett about why she believes voting for her brother is “harmful,” Rory Kennedy stated she believes his marketing campaign is “siphoning” votes from Biden. Kennedy launched an unbiased bid for the White Home final fall after failing to realize momentum on a Democratic ticket.
“I really feel strongly that that is a very powerful election of our lifetime. And there’s a lot at stake, and I do assume it’s going to come back right down to a handful of votes and a handful of states,” she stated Monday on CNN.
“And I do fear that Bobby simply taking some share of votes from Biden might shift the election and result in Trump’s election,” she added.
A 3-way race between Biden, former President Trump and Kennedy reveals Trump with a slim lead over Biden, in response to The Hill/Determination Desk HQ’s polling common. Trump has 40.5 % assist, Biden has 38.6 % and Kennedy has 9.8 % in the identical common.
Kennedy has usually been at odds together with his household over his long-shot bid for the White Home. His members of the family denounced his choice to run as an unbiased in October and have been regularly outspoken about his candidacy.
“Bobby would possibly share the identical identify as our father, however he doesn’t share the identical values, imaginative and prescient or judgment. At the moment’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and consider it to be perilous for our nation,” a press release, signed by 4 of Kennedy’s siblings, stated final 12 months.
Biden hosted 30 members of the Kennedy household on the White Home for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration earlier this month, however the unbiased candidate for president was notably absent. Kennedy stated on the time that the gathering was solely a “small share” of his household.
Members of Kennedy’s household additionally criticized an advert run by an excellent PAC backing his unbiased bid through the Tremendous Bowl final month, prompting him to subject an apology for the advert.
The Hill has reached out to Kennedy’s marketing campaign for remark.
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