Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Tuesday reignited his call to debate former President Trump, suggesting \u2018perfect neutral territory\u2019 at the upcoming Libertarian Party convention as the venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a message on X, RFK Jr. acknowledged how both he and Trump are already scheduled to speak at the convention on May 24 and 25 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s perfect neutral territory for you and me to have a debate where you can defend your record for your wavering supporters,\u2019 Kennedy wrote to Trump. \u2018You yourself have said you\u2019re not afraid to debate me as long as my poll numbers are decent. Well, they are. In fact, I\u2019m the only presidential candidate in history who has polled ahead of both major party candidates in head-to-head races.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018So let\u2019s meet at the Libertarian convention and show the American public that at least two of the major candidates aren\u2019t afraid to debate each other,\u2019 he added. \u2018I asked the convention organizers and they are game for us to use our time there to bring the American people the debate they deserve!\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kennedy said he was \u2018grateful\u2019 to Trump for \u2018calling attention to the rigged polling methodologies that biased DNC-influenced media have used against you.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We have this concern too, and I\u2019m happy to show you the deceptive methodologies used by DNC-allied pollsters who pretend that I\u2019m in single digits. You have correctly characterized these as \u2018fake polls,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kennedy pointed to polling results from Zogby, an analytics firm he contracted. The independent presidential candidate said that poll shows Trump beat President Biden \u2018handily\u2019 in a head-to-head matchup.<\/p>\n
\u2018I crush him as well, by even more. And against each other, I beat you in a nail-biter,\u2019 RFK Jr. claimed. \u2018In a three-way, you are ahead but I\u2019m coming up strong. Two new polls (CNN and Quinnipiac) have me above the 15% debate threshold. Another (Activote) has me at 26% among young voters. And you and I are tied among America\u2019s 70 million Independents.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
RFK. Jr. said he is also drawing a lot of voters from former Trump supporters who are \u2018upset that you blew up the deficit, shut down their businesses during Covid, and filled your administration with swamp creatures.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump \u2013 the presumptive Democrat and Republican nominees \u2013 are locked in the first contest in 112 years with a current and former president competing for the White House. Kennedy, meanwhile, has increasingly been challenging Biden and Trump to debate him in recent weeks, hoping to bring his independent candidacy more mainstream. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Kennedy\u2019s campaign remains determined to get him on the ballot in all 50 states. So far, RFK Jr. is on the ballot in 10 states, The Hill reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Either Biden or Trump would be the oldest president ever sworn in on Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n
Trump is in the midst of the first of potentially four criminal trials and facing felony charges. The Constitution does not prevent him from assuming the presidency if convicted \u2014 or even if he is in prison.<\/p>\n
Biden, who will turn 82 years old just weeks after Election Day, Nov. 5, is already the oldest president in U.S. history; Trump is 77.<\/p>\n
Privately, Democratic operatives close to the campaign worry constantly about Biden\u2019s health and voters\u2019 dim perceptions of it, according to The Associated Press. In recent weeks, aides have begun walking at Biden\u2019s side as he strolls to and from Marine One, the presidential helicopter, on the White House South Lawn in an apparent effort to help mask the president\u2019s stiff gait.<\/p>\n
Still, neither party is making serious contingency plans, assuming the general election matchup is all but set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Tuesday reignited his call to debate former President Trump, suggesting \u2018perfect neutral territory\u2019 at the upcoming Libertarian Party convention as the venue.\u00a0 In a message on X, RFK Jr. acknowledged how both he and Trump are already scheduled to speak at the convention on May 24 and 25 in Washington, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}