(NewsWorthy.news) – The pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again Inc. has dubbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Radical F—ing Kennedy” on its website, marking the most aggressive attack on the Independent presidential candidate yet by former President Donald Trump’s campaign.
The news comes as Kennedy has stated that he is courting supporters of both Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden. The Trump campaign’s attack on Kennedy may call into question the Democratic National Committee’s claims that Kennedy’s American Values 2024 Super PAC is being “propped up” by Trump’s megadonors to siphon votes from Biden.
In April 2024, Kennedy claimed that Trump’s allies had approached him as a potential running mate, which the former president denied. Kennedy’s claim came as he was branded liberal or even “radical-left” by Trump and his supporters. The Independent and formerly Democratic candidate has faced equivalent claims from Democrats and left-wing commentators that he is “conservative” and “right-wing” due to his calls for a strong border and criticism of the pharmaceutical industry.
The Make America Great Again website linked Kennedy to the Green New Deal and criticized his position against fracking. It also highlighted his claims that hog farmers are more damaging to the U.S. than Bin Laden. Kennedy’s friendship with pro-Democratic Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has also been noted, and Trump has told liberals to vote for Kennedy to take votes away from Biden if they want to vote for a more “radically left-wing” candidate. Kennedy has, in contrast, refrained from personal attacks against Trump, instead focusing on highlighting the flaws of the two-party system and taking votes from both candidates.
Polls in late 2023 showed that Kennedy was polling better than both Trump and Biden among young voters, and highlighted the Independent’s popularity among those skeptical about both leading candidates. Kennedy has attracted further criticism from Republicans and conservatives for his branding of the National Rifle Association as a terrorist group, his calls to tax the most wealthy and his support for abortion rights, despite being a Catholic. California Democratic Representative Robert Garcia said he was “personally offended and disgusted” by Kennedy’s campaign, and Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Austin Davis claimed that Kennedy was “drafted” by Trump’s top supporters.
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