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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Lol. Get fucked, Putin.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago

Guess he'll just have to carry the consequences of his actions to term

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

This wouldn't be an issue if his voter base had some common sense. Rational people know not to vote for someone who dropped out....

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kennedy argued in the lawsuit that his notice of withdrawal was timely and the electorate’s votes could be "diminished and rendered invalid” if he remains on the ballot. He filed a similar lawsuit in North Carolina on Friday, where he is trying to withdraw his name from the ballot.

Wasn't that the point of him running?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

WAS should be the correct verb tense. He saw it was useless as it would split the vote with Trump and now he is behind Trump. He's trying to get his name off the ballot so he doesn't hurt Trump's chances of winning.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

I think RFK also tried to get a deal with Harris campaign too for his endorsement. He was ready to sell his hole to the highest bidder in order to get a cabinet position and push conspiracy theories but Harris wanted nothing to do with him.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Now he is behind Trump

Always has been

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

RFK is behind RFK. He approached Harris first to shop his endorsement. He's looking to ride some coattails and he doesn't care whose.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He more or less admitted in court that he is a spoiler candidate.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yep. He’s dumber than anyone gave him credit for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I actually think the worm became sentient at some point.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He is braindead morally and politically, but after watching the behind the bastards on him gotta say he sounds like he is very intellegent when it comes to environmental shit, falconry, and zoology.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Did we listen to the same episode? Because Robert Evans made it clear that real experts in falconry find RFK Jr’s practices wildly inappropriate.

Being interested in something doesn’t mean he’s good at it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I have only gotten through up to episode two and was sleep deprived while working so... yeah. Prolly should take what I absorbed too seriously now that I consider it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

That’s impressive in its own right.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's trying to worm his way out but the judge told him, "Sorry, you'll have to grin and bear it." It's turning into a whale of a problem for Trump.

Does that about cover it?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Also bear, and whale.