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“Real-time” host Bill Maher grilled independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the lack of support he received from his family and his decline in the polls, foreshadowing an even tougher path to the White House. He also told the candidate: “I hope you participate in the debates.”
Last week, several prominent members of the Kennedy family supported President Bidensomething Maher found heartbreaking.
“When we see the Kennedys fighting among themselves…when I saw your family come out so much against you last week, it breaks my heart,” Maher told Kennedy. “Why can’t you get them on your side?”
“I can’t control them,” Kennedy responded. “My family has 105 members, and it’s a big Irish family. I have family members in this audience, I have family members running my campaign… so there’s a division in my family .”
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HBO’s Bill Maher took on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his narrow path to the White House. (Screenshot/HBO)
Kennedy acknowledged how his candidacy had caused “consternation” among some members of his family, telling Maher that Biden was a “longtime family friend” and that several relatives worked for his administration.
“I come from a family where we were taught to argue and debate. My father orchestrated debates almost every night at the dinner table. He encouraged us to debate with passion, with good information, with reason but also to love “even if we don’t agree with each other,” Kennedy said.
“And I love my family. I feel loved by them. They are entitled to their opinion. They don’t agree with me. They don’t agree with me on the issue of censorship. They don’t disagree with me on Ukraine They disagree with me on many other issues, and I respect them, and I love them, and I wish we could do the same. thing in this country where we can differ from each other.”
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Several members of the Kennedy family have rallied behind President Biden’s re-election bid against their own relative in the 2024 race.
The HBO host then turned to Kennedy’s poll numbers, which have plunged throughout his candidacy. According to the RealClearPolitics polling average, Kennedy had nearly 17% support in November. Today, its average is less than 10%.
“What is the way ?” » asked Maher. “I mean, other than that, you’re just a spoiler.”
“Now you begged Ralph Nader, as I once did with Michael Moore, not to run for president when he was running against George Bush, who won that election. What is that about different? I mean, if there’s a path to victory, let me know what it is,” Maher continued.
Kennedy responded by touting how he “beats” both Biden and former President Trump “among young people, all Americans under 35”, which Maher objected to because “they don’t vote”, which Kennedy disputed. He also told Maher that he was leading Biden and Trump among independents.
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“You’re only on the ballot in three states,” Maher retorted.
“Me?” Kennedy responded. “Yes, but that’s another question.
“Well that’s one way, you need to get on the ballot!” Maher exclaimed.
“I’m going to get on the ballot,” Kennedy insisted.
“Are you going to be on the ballot in every state?” » asked Maher.
“I can guarantee you that I will be on the ballot in every state very, very quickly,” Kennedy doubled down. “But also, every poll that’s been done has shown that my popularity, my approval rating is way ahead of President Trump and President Biden. In fact, higher than any other political failure in this country.”
“I am the alternative,” he concluded.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has touted how he leads both President Biden and former President Trump among independents and young voters. (Getty Images)
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Kennedy continued: “A lot of times people – liberals I know are friends – tell me you have to get out of the race to let Biden run, because otherwise President Trump is going to win. They never tell me to let Biden run because he has the cognitive capacity, the vigor, the energy and a vision of a future that will really change things, change the existential problems that we face. »
He added: “We are now paying more for this debt service than we are for our military. And, you know, the chronic disease epidemic is disabling our children. No one is saying that any of these candidates will be able to solve the problem. these things.”
“Look, I have to go to the panel, but I just have to say that these issues should be raised. I hope you participate in the discussions,” Maher told Kennedy before ending the interview.
