The 2024 election has been total chaos. It just got even more chaotic.
Because a top Presidential candidate just announced an unexpected drop out from the race.
With the onset of Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election race, the outcome in November is no longer clear. At one point, it was blatantly obvious that Donald Trump was going to wipe the floor with Joe Biden, and many believe this is why the Democrats gave Biden the boot in the first place. It’s undemocratic, to be sure. Ironic for the Party named the “Democratic Party.”
Well now the election’s just been thrown another wrench and Donald Trump is going to be extremely happy with this development. It may very well be that Donald Trump is once again the clear favorite to win in November in the wake of this bombshell drop out news.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be dropping out of the race, suspending his campaign, and has endorsed Donald Trump for President. This news comes right on the heels of intensifying rumors this week that the Kennedy family member has been weighing his options with what to do with his campaign.
RFK Jr endorses Trump!!!
UNITY
Let’s Go!!!!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 23, 2024
The Vice Presidential running mate for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently made multiple public statements that made it seem like a big announcement from the Kennedy family member was to be expected soon. She even said that they were specifically trying to avoid a Kamala Harris-Tim Walz administration because they view it as an existential administration, one that will harm America beyond belief.
RFK’s VP Nicole Shanahan says they are debating whether to stay in the race or drop out and join forces with Trump:
“There’s two options that we're looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Waltz presidency because we… pic.twitter.com/O3HrLbbCLO
— End Tribalism in Politics (@EndTribalism) August 20, 2024
In that same interview, Nicole Shanahan also said that the Democrats specifically did everything they could to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out of power in Democrat circles. She alleged they “rigged” the process against them and forced them to start running a third-party bid.
Trump Massively Benefits From RFK’s Endorsement
When Joe Biden stepped down and Kamala Harris was anointed in the Democrat Party, it shored up the bleeding support the Democrat Party was watching make their November odds worse and worse. One of the problems was that a ton of Biden voters who knew they couldn’t vote for him again in his failing mental state were throwing their support behind Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
This gave RFK a ton of support, more than any third-party candidate since Ross Perot. At one point, it seemed entirely possible that RFK was a viable candidate to win the Presidency as a third-party for the first time in more than a hundred years in America.
When Harris came on to the scene, though, those voters who were 2020 Biden supporters came back to the Democrat Party fold. This seriously hurt RFK’s chances. His polling that was at one point around 20 percent started sinking down to 4 to 5 percent.
That remaining support was actually made up mostly of disaffected Republicans who did not want to vote for Donald Trump but definitely couldn’t swallow voting for another radical Democrat President. Well now that option isn’t left, and RFK has officially made it clear who he wants to see win this November.
That is utterly massive for Donald Trump because just the smallest shift in voting behavior in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona will be enough to sway the election this November.
The Democrats will say that this doesn’t change the election that much because RFK Jr. wasn’t specifically in the lead in the election, but that is just a coping mechanism. They want to keep how devastating this is under wraps at all costs, because it probably gives Trump the bump he will need to keep a Harris administration at bay.
You’ll remember that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was originally a 2024 Presidential candidate for the Democrats. He wanted to debate Joe Biden and he wanted a fair shake to prove to them that he was better than Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. Many believe him and Nicole Shanahan when they say that the Democrats rigged the process against Mr. Kennedy.
Now throwing your support behind the Republican candidate Donald Trump is a massive development and it sends shockwaves throughout Washington, D.C.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
