Is RFK Jr. a serious candidate, or just a nuisance to Biden?
Like Trump, RFK is a political novice who never ran for public office before his recent decision to challenge Biden in the Democratic primaries.
Both men exploit conspiracy theories to their advantage. RFK is a prominent anti-vaxer who has accused Big Pharma of poisoning children while Trump accuses Biden to this day of grand larceny in 2020.
The comparisons don’t end there. Both Trump and RFK are genetically disruptive. They appeal to voters exasperated by the Washington swamp and their pompous cronies among global elites who burn tons of jet fuel to attend conferences in exotic destinations while urging the working class to skateboard to jobs that AI will soon render obsolete.
By this time in 2016, Trump had far more support for his maverick campaign than RFK has today, but the fact that RFK is earning 15% to 20% support in early polls against an incumbent tells us one of two things. Either the pundits who pigeonhole all Democrats as wall-to-wall progressives are wrong, or perhaps there are fewer differences between Trump’s brand of right-wing populism and RFK’s liberal yet strongly anti-woke messaging.
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