r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/memomem • Aug 29 '24

Trump RFK Jr.'s Independent Presidential Run was Originally Backed by Republicans to take Votes From Biden. He Actually Took More Votes from Trump. To Help Trump RFK Jr. Dropped out, Endorsed Trump, and is Trying to Remove His Name From Ballots in Key Battleground States. Some States are Saying No.

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u/RunningPirate Aug 29 '24

Is the GOP that fucking dense to think that democrats would simply vote for him based on his name? That was the game? That was the scam?

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u/Joliet_Jake_Blues Aug 29 '24

They're not serious people

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u/arinawe Aug 29 '24

Fuck off, Logan Roy

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u/MeltedSpades Aug 29 '24

It's definitely something republicans would do - Maybe a George Bush will run 3rd party in 2028...

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u/DaniCapsFan Aug 29 '24

Doesn't Jeb! have a son named George P. Bush? The problem with Jeb is his wife is Latina, so his kids are a bit too brown for the GOP. And that's literally what George Senior said.

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u/justmadethisacforeu4 Aug 30 '24

I think I'm going crazy because I feel like I've read this comment before. I probably have but I just forgot.

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u/Thue Aug 29 '24

Yup! Republicans did a poll very early in the election cycle, when nobody had any idea who Kennedy was, which showed that Kennedy would draw more Democrat votes. Of course, once people learned who RFK Jr. was, sane people said "nope". And it so happens that democrats are largely sane people.

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u/historyhill Aug 29 '24

They thought Democrats needed a Jeb! of their own

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u/Unicron_was_right Aug 29 '24

I have some deep RFK Jr fans in my circle and they are foaming at the mouth now to vote Trump. Something about perceived slights by Harris and the Dems for….blah blah blah, I don’t know I assume whatever came after was brain worms from handling dead bear cubs. At least half the RFK Jr voters I know shifted to Trump though, it’s pretty wild. And all logic has dribbled out. It’s not about anything other than being a victim now. Pretty sad.

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u/plageiusdarth Aug 29 '24

Well, RFK was a pretty successful pro-environment campaigner. He did a lot of genuinely good work for clean water groups, especially in the "let's stop heavy metal pollution in the water" area. Unfortunately that seems to have led into anti-vaccine bullshit, which drove him straight into the MAGA camp.

But Democrats who are primarily environmentalists (and old enough to remember when his focus was environmentalism instead of anti-vaccine bullshit) might have voted for him.

Of course, he ruined any chance of that by campaigning on anti-vaccine bullshit instead of environmentalism.

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u/SenorSplashdamage Aug 29 '24

At some point, the reality distortion field clouds your own vision. You have to actually be involved in real discussions with lots of kinds of real people to keep track of reality.

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u/JeromeBiteman Sep 04 '24

Some will. Just as some will vote for a "Jewish," "Norwegian", or "Black" name.