RFK Jr, Fox News’ useful idiot
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Robert F Kennedy Jr announces presidential run as an independent “Everybody is now trying to analyse, you know, whether there’s a three-way race with you, Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” declared Hannity. Why is the Democratic Party– why I’m not running for the Democratic Party?” open image in gallery Presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a campaign event at Independence Mall, on 9 October Fox’s useful idiot had now become a threat to Trump, and he needed to be taken down. open image in gallery A portrait of Robert F Kennedy hangs from a wall at his New Jersey campaign launch in Elizabeth on Thursday 28 September “Don’t be fooled by all of the tinfoil stuff that swirls around Bobby,” one supporter told me. He presents basic solutions to complex problems with a zealous certainty and seems acutely aware of his base, saving harsher criticisms for Biden than “President Trump.” In a post-truth world, with high apathy and hostility towards the two frontrunners, there was a growing sense of discomfort among strategists from both parties that Kennedy could syphon off enough votes to spoil one of their chances.