Vice presidential candidate Nicole Shanahan during a rally for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Austin, Texas, May 13, 2024 Give a speech.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is considering abandoning its pursuit of the White House and instead “joining forces” with Kennedy’s running mate, Republican Donald Trump Nicole Shanahan say in a new interview It was posted online Tuesday.
Shanahan also said that the campaign is also considering continuing to run, trying to win more than 5% of the popular vote and “establish itself” as a third-party alternative to the Republicans and Democrats, and build on that to win votes for the Democrats and Republicans. .
“We are looking at two options, one is to stay and form a new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency. Because we got votes from Trump, or we got more votes from Trump,” Shanahan said in an interview with The Washington Post. influence theory podcast.
“Or we leave now and join forces with … Donald Trump, you know, we leave and explain to our supporters why we made this decision,” Shanahan told interviewer Tom Bleew.
“It’s not easy, it’s not an easy decision,” the lawyer and entrepreneur added.
If Kennedy and Shanahan drop out of the race, it’s unclear whether their potential voters will necessarily turn to Trump and his running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
But some polls suggest Democratic nominee Vice President Harris will be more resistant to Trump in swing states when Kennedy is included as a candidate than when Kennedy is not an option.
“I’m not investing tens of millions of dollars to be a spoiler candidate,” Shanahan said earlier in an interview.
“I invested tens of millions of dollars to win, to fix this country, to do the right thing,” she said. “We don’t want to be a spoiler.”
“We want to win. We want a fair chance,” Shanahan added.
Bilyeu said in a post on X that the interview was filmed on Monday.
A spokesman for the Kennedy campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Shanahan’s interview, days before Harris is due to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in Chicago.
Kennedy gave up trying to win the Democratic nomination last year.
His late father, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated in June 1968 after winning the Democratic presidential primary in California.
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