VP running mate Nicole Shanahan said that as independents, they run the risk of drawing support from would-be Trump voters and clearing the way for the Democrats.
Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr is considering ending his campaign to join forces with Republican rival Donald Trump, Kennedy’s running mate said in an interview posted online on Tuesday.
The vice presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, said that as independents she and Kennedy ran the risk of drawing support from would-be Trump voters and clearing the way for Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to win the November election.“Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump,” she told Los Angeles media company Impact Theory. Asked when they would make a decision, she did not say.
In a separate statement on X on Tuesday, Kennedy wrote: “As always, I am willing to talk with leaders of any political party to further the goals I have served for 40 years in my career and in this campaign.”, is an environmental advocate who has spread misinformation on vaccines and whose family has denounced his campaign.He initially sought to challenge US President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination but switched to run as an independent.
Kennedy, 70, faces an uphill battle qualifying for the presidential ballot in many states, but he could siphon enough votes away in the tight race between Harris and Trump to have an outsized impact.Trump has sought Kennedy’s support, a phone call leaked in July showed. In the interview released on Tuesday, Shanahan said Trump had taken an interest in their healthcare policies, making it worth exploring “a unity party”.Get a note directly from our foreign
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