And, of course, Fox and CNN (at a minimum) both cut away from him as he's outlining the ways that the DNC and the media tried to screw his candidacy over. Can't have the manipulation getting out there.
He is urging voters in battleground states to not vote for him.
He's removing himself from those ballots, not just urging people not to vote for him. As I understand, he'll still be on the ballot, but not in any swing states.
Or he wanted to be the chance for the Democrat party to course correct. Fat chance, that. But I'm pretty sure he knows they're going off the deep end, and they might just go scorched earth in desperation.
That is, if he truly isn't a 100% foreign interest puppet.
I'm just glad he didn't do something super sketchy and knife Trump in the back.
It could have gone either way there for a while...and still could, to be fair. What a weird campaign. I like some of what he stands for (primarily the big pharma stuff), but what an absolute chaotic joke of a campaign. Sure, some was due to interference, but it also wasn't managed well. And it was clear something was going to happen, but depending on how/when he dropped out, he could have really hurt/helped either side. Very weird stuff. Our elections have been super...interesting, recently.
Technically, if Trump puts him in a cabinet position, he could do far more damage by knifing him in the back while Trump's in office, than he can do now.
See: damn near the entirety of Trump's previous cabinet and Gen. Milley, who explicitly committed treason and a military coup.
Personally, I'm willing to take that risk. I think RFK brings some interesting things to the table and, if put in the correct position - which Trump has hinted at - he could be great. It's sad when a liberal is a more appealing pick than a lot of people who Trump surrounded himself with last time around.
In the right contexts, I have no problem with RFK. But, of course, Trump still needs to be careful.
As a self-avowed "American Liberal Revolutionary", Liberals are always useful when deployed politically for their acidic purposes against corrupt and entrenched institutions. That is precisely their wheelhouse.
Conservatives in general tend to be bad at aggressive institutional reform because it's contrary to their nature. Liberals are great at it, when kept within the proper boundaries. Optimally, their boundaries should be political, moral, and legal; but hierarchical would do in a pinch too since Trump can fire them.
At their core, a true Liberal is an anti-institutionalist. Now, I'm not even saying that RFK is a genuine Liberal (Barry Goldwater is more of a genuine Liberal than RFK, who is merely an old Progressive with a specific agenda)
I think the real benefit of Trump, and the only redeeming quality he has for personelle, is that he isn't afraid to shit-can people at the drop of a hat when they are either not preforming, not getting along, or no longer needed for his objectives. The Deep State endlessly complained about it, and were horrified that they had to compete for his attention. But it actually kept them in line, until his recruitment process was subverted. Hopefully he doesn't catch a bad case of the retard and fire Steve Bannon again.
he isn't afraid to shit-can people at the drop of a hat
It still astonishes me that essentially no one was fired under Biden, despite monumental "screw ups." In quotes, because this regime's whole goal seems to be to make the country worse, so I guess all the "poor performance" was actually exactly what was asked for.
Still. No one fired over Afghanistan, border policies, J13, and all the various other aspects of the horror show.
It's because the Deep State was actually in charge. No one was really looking out for Biden, except for himself. That's why no one got sacrificed to preserve the political legitimacy of his administration. This is exactly why you don't let the department heads run amok, and why the buck has to stop with the head executive. With the Biden regime, the buck stopped with no one and they just hoped that everyone would forget about it... not realizing the permanent damage being done to both the executive and the bureaucracy.
And it's not like the managerial class was ever held to account by any other means than the chief executive.
Trump did exactly the opposite, so these people acted like kids when their parents aren't home and completely destroyed the house.
the buck stopped with no one and they just hoped that everyone would forget about it...
Sadly, seems to have worked. No one but the "Republicans pounce" group even cares, and they're all written off as hateful lunatics by the media the NPCs consume.
So, yeah, they can just get away with zero accountability, at least for now. Insane.
I don't think he went into it wanting Trump to win. In the speech he mentions after the assassination attempt Trump reached out to talk to him. I think there was something that went out that the Dem side declined to talk to him when he reached out to them.
At that point he really only had one choice if he wanted his ideas heard.
Good. Because the far left is way more united, and he realizes that. If he can't be the nominee, then his presence would probably get more people that'd vote Trump over Harris than vice-versa
Unfortunately. The right is fickle. Boomercons will vote against Trump because he said some that hurt their feefees even if it torpedoes their retirement or gets their daughter raped by a refugee. And Dems gleefully vote that way knowing it will happen but don't care because diversity is their strength or some retarded shit.
Trump despite not being the embodiment of traditional Christianity (though he seems to have had some sort of "come to Jesus" moment after his assassination attempt) at least doesn't hold Christians in utter contempt like those on the left do.
Those who hate Christ clearly see him as an ally. It's worth reflecting on why.
Likely good for Trump. Most polls showed he was taking about 1-2% from Trump mostly in battleground states. Which means if the majority of them switch it goes back to Trump being in the lead. And with an endorsement, most pollsters expect it will indeed result in a majority of his supporters moving.
The people that are smart enough to know the Democrats are bullshit but still have TDS will never vote for Trump just because the Democrat alternative said so.
This is why we have a secret ballot. Some never-Trumpers may not vote, but with the ballot in front of them they'll vote for Trump but never ever admit it.
Voters who favored his extreme leftist policies such as eco-terrorism could always back the DNC
Voters who favored his "right-wing" policies such as strong border control could always back Trump
However, neither represented some "niche" interests such as strongly going after Big Pharma (including raising anti-vax awareness), which will now swing towards Trump given unity party establishment and an active role.
RFK also brings lots of credibility on topics that Trump has touted but had trouble making inroads in the 1st term, such as strong anti-CIA sentiment and anti-censorship.
This was a surprisingly good speech. I still know a lot of people who are completely delusional, who entirely bought into leftist narrative because of all the propaganda they're fed by the tv. This is a video that I feel I could show them without them dismissing everything out of hand.
For some of them, they know that I spend quite a lot of time informing myself about politics. They consider the fact that I inform myself to be evidence that I don't know what I'm talking about. That I'm a "conspiracy theorist" who only believes inaccurate facts. I have no idea how to deal with those kinds of mental gymnastics. This video could be a good way of bridging that gap.
And, of course, Fox and CNN (at a minimum) both cut away from him as he's outlining the ways that the DNC and the media tried to screw his candidacy over. Can't have the manipulation getting out there.
Hey I’m sure that was their scheduled commercial time. Nothing odd about that
Correction: He is suspending his campaign. He is urging voters in battleground states to not vote for him.
He's removing himself from those ballots, not just urging people not to vote for him. As I understand, he'll still be on the ballot, but not in any swing states.
Yep in the states where it's obviously going one way or the other he says throw him a bone for support . Otherwise it's Trump
Probably wise to leave the option of returning open in case the secret service manage to pull off a more permanent "whoops" moment on Trump.
This kinda goes leans in the theory he always wanted Trump to win and was running a spoiler campaign to prevent some never Trumpers voting Democrat.
Or he wanted to be the chance for the Democrat party to course correct. Fat chance, that. But I'm pretty sure he knows they're going off the deep end, and they might just go scorched earth in desperation.
That is, if he truly isn't a 100% foreign interest puppet.
I'm just glad he didn't do something super sketchy and knife Trump in the back.
It could have gone either way there for a while...and still could, to be fair. What a weird campaign. I like some of what he stands for (primarily the big pharma stuff), but what an absolute chaotic joke of a campaign. Sure, some was due to interference, but it also wasn't managed well. And it was clear something was going to happen, but depending on how/when he dropped out, he could have really hurt/helped either side. Very weird stuff. Our elections have been super...interesting, recently.
"May you live in interesting times".
Technically, if Trump puts him in a cabinet position, he could do far more damage by knifing him in the back while Trump's in office, than he can do now.
See: damn near the entirety of Trump's previous cabinet and Gen. Milley, who explicitly committed treason and a military coup.
Personally, I'm willing to take that risk. I think RFK brings some interesting things to the table and, if put in the correct position - which Trump has hinted at - he could be great. It's sad when a liberal is a more appealing pick than a lot of people who Trump surrounded himself with last time around.
In the right contexts, I have no problem with RFK. But, of course, Trump still needs to be careful.
As a self-avowed "American Liberal Revolutionary", Liberals are always useful when deployed politically for their acidic purposes against corrupt and entrenched institutions. That is precisely their wheelhouse.
Conservatives in general tend to be bad at aggressive institutional reform because it's contrary to their nature. Liberals are great at it, when kept within the proper boundaries. Optimally, their boundaries should be political, moral, and legal; but hierarchical would do in a pinch too since Trump can fire them.
At their core, a true Liberal is an anti-institutionalist. Now, I'm not even saying that RFK is a genuine Liberal (Barry Goldwater is more of a genuine Liberal than RFK, who is merely an old Progressive with a specific agenda)
I think the real benefit of Trump, and the only redeeming quality he has for personelle, is that he isn't afraid to shit-can people at the drop of a hat when they are either not preforming, not getting along, or no longer needed for his objectives. The Deep State endlessly complained about it, and were horrified that they had to compete for his attention. But it actually kept them in line, until his recruitment process was subverted. Hopefully he doesn't catch a bad case of the retard and fire Steve Bannon again.
It still astonishes me that essentially no one was fired under Biden, despite monumental "screw ups." In quotes, because this regime's whole goal seems to be to make the country worse, so I guess all the "poor performance" was actually exactly what was asked for.
Still. No one fired over Afghanistan, border policies, J13, and all the various other aspects of the horror show.
It's because the Deep State was actually in charge. No one was really looking out for Biden, except for himself. That's why no one got sacrificed to preserve the political legitimacy of his administration. This is exactly why you don't let the department heads run amok, and why the buck has to stop with the head executive. With the Biden regime, the buck stopped with no one and they just hoped that everyone would forget about it... not realizing the permanent damage being done to both the executive and the bureaucracy.
And it's not like the managerial class was ever held to account by any other means than the chief executive.
Trump did exactly the opposite, so these people acted like kids when their parents aren't home and completely destroyed the house.
Sadly, seems to have worked. No one but the "Republicans pounce" group even cares, and they're all written off as hateful lunatics by the media the NPCs consume.
So, yeah, they can just get away with zero accountability, at least for now. Insane.
I don't think he went into it wanting Trump to win. In the speech he mentions after the assassination attempt Trump reached out to talk to him. I think there was something that went out that the Dem side declined to talk to him when he reached out to them.
At that point he really only had one choice if he wanted his ideas heard.
Raz0rfist actually argued he was a spoiler candidate against Trump by trying to pull votes away from him, in the same way Richard Mahooney spoiled the 2002 governor's race.
Raz0rfist has been pretty on-the-ball with calling out this shit, but so has Richard Baris who seems to think it's pretty genuine.
is it good or bad? purely from a strategic perspective?
Good. Because the far left is way more united, and he realizes that. If he can't be the nominee, then his presence would probably get more people that'd vote Trump over Harris than vice-versa
'United', nah they'll slit each others throats given the opportunity
Hate Trump more than everyone else because he's not a degenerate like them who's to claiming the highest seat, yeah that's why they vote against him.
They'll squabble and slap fight but all the antifa activists who can still vote will dutifully vote for Kamala and lie about it.
Unfortunately. The right is fickle. Boomercons will vote against Trump because he said some that hurt their feefees even if it torpedoes their retirement or gets their daughter raped by a refugee. And Dems gleefully vote that way knowing it will happen but don't care because diversity is their strength or some retarded shit.
They're united in the sense that they don't care about anything other than "orange man bad" and/or "whitey bad, abortion good" etc etc
They hate masculinity, heterosexuality, Christianity, and white people. Trump is just the embodiment of all the above.
Trump despite not being the embodiment of traditional Christianity (though he seems to have had some sort of "come to Jesus" moment after his assassination attempt) at least doesn't hold Christians in utter contempt like those on the left do.
Those who hate Christ clearly see him as an ally. It's worth reflecting on why.
Likely good for Trump. Most polls showed he was taking about 1-2% from Trump mostly in battleground states. Which means if the majority of them switch it goes back to Trump being in the lead. And with an endorsement, most pollsters expect it will indeed result in a majority of his supporters moving.
Hope this helps him. Funny how CNN went to break as he ripped into the democrats
The people that are smart enough to know the Democrats are bullshit but still have TDS will never vote for Trump just because the Democrat alternative said so.
This is why we have a secret ballot. Some never-Trumpers may not vote, but with the ballot in front of them they'll vote for Trump but never ever admit it.
based on the livestream chat, I'd say 2/3 of his voters will go to Trump at least.
A lot of those are already Trump fans.
I suspect it's actually closer to 1/3. Probably a 1/3 Trump, 1/3 Not-Kamala, and 1/3 stay home.
The election riggers will do their best to file those ballots as pro-Kamala.
Sure, but there is a limit, and there have been several de-fortification efforts made in several states.
It's really confusing, but I'd say good for Trump overall.
Good:
However, neither represented some "niche" interests such as strongly going after Big Pharma (including raising anti-vax awareness), which will now swing towards Trump given unity party establishment and an active role.
RFK also brings lots of credibility on topics that Trump has touted but had trouble making inroads in the 1st term, such as strong anti-CIA sentiment and anti-censorship.
This was a surprisingly good speech. I still know a lot of people who are completely delusional, who entirely bought into leftist narrative because of all the propaganda they're fed by the tv. This is a video that I feel I could show them without them dismissing everything out of hand.
For some of them, they know that I spend quite a lot of time informing myself about politics. They consider the fact that I inform myself to be evidence that I don't know what I'm talking about. That I'm a "conspiracy theorist" who only believes inaccurate facts. I have no idea how to deal with those kinds of mental gymnastics. This video could be a good way of bridging that gap.