# RFK Jr Files to Run for President (Dropped Out on August 23, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260 "2023-04-06T16:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/21 "2023-04-07T16:26:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It worked for Lyndon LaRouche. And David Duke! ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/22 "2023-04-13T01:13:14Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Have no idea how Cheryl Hines can be married to this creep. She’s actually called him out/distanced herself from him on social media when he’s said some really stupid shit. > > Now obviously I don’t know her nor do I know her personal beliefs, **but she never struck me as a nutter. Don’t know how she can stay married to one.** Good point. Cheryl divorced Larry David for a lot less. 😇 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/23 "2023-04-13T01:17:04Z")
So once RFK jr gets his butt kicked trying for the democrat nomination does he run as an independent? And does him running as an independent help the Democrats or the republicans? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/24 "2023-04-13T01:30:52Z")
He’ll be lucky if he gets 2% in the first couple primaries before dropping out. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/25 "2023-04-13T01:32:24Z")
Take him and about three tacos and you have a combo plate. No chance whatsoever to make any impact on this race, if he ran as an independent he might just pull 0.001% if he’s lucky. He’s just a conspiracy theorist with a famous name. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/26 "2023-04-20T18:18:16Z")
Greatness, it would seem, like many traits, skips a generation. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/27 "2023-04-20T19:16:31Z")
It’ll be fun watching him debate JFK jr. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/28 "2023-04-20T21:14:32Z")
A great environmentalist but a sucky epidemiologist and first husband. Here’s CNN’s coverage. Sounds like he rambled as much as Twitler does at one of his rallies: > **[Why Biden's orbit isn't worried about Robert F. Kennedy's 2024 campaign | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/politics/joe-biden-robert-f-kennedy-2024-campaign/index.html)** > > President Joe Biden's campaign didn't respond to the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign kick-off because, though there is now a major donor summit on the books for next week, there still technically is no Biden campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/29 "2023-04-21T14:22:41Z")
“ More than an hour into his speech, the crowd erupted as he spoke about the rise in autism diagnoses since 1989, arguing that he has never met someone his age with autism. “Why aren’t we asking the question – what happened?” Kennedy asked.” What an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/30 "2023-04-21T14:48:09Z")
Does he think that vaccines just started being administered in 1989?? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/31 "2023-04-21T14:54:36Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > “ More than an hour into his speech, the crowd erupted as he spoke about the rise in autism diagnoses since 1989, arguing that he has never met someone his age with autism. > > “Why aren’t we asking the question – what happened?” Kennedy asked.” If only his Aunt Rosemary was alive to tell him. > **[The Forgotten Kennedy Sibling Who Was Lobotomized So That JFK Could Succeed](https://allthatsinteresting.com/rosemary-kennedy)** > > For years, Rosemary Kennedy's story was kept secret after her lobotomy was botched, leaving her unable to walk or talk. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/32 "2023-06-06T03:05:47Z")
As if I couldn’t loathe this anti-vax shithead any more, now he’s schmoozing with Elmo Mush and claiming that school shootings are caused by Prozac. > **[RFK Jr. Blames Anti-Depressants for School Shootings](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr-conspiracy-theory-twitter-elon-musk-1234747479/)** > > “Prior to the introduction of Prozac, we had almost none of these events in our country,” Kennedy told Elon Musk My mother had untreated depression for years when I was a kid and couldn’t hold a job for long because, even though she was a single mom and had two kids to support, some days she couldn’t motivate herself to get out of bed. Before I got on Prozac in 2016 there were times when the only way I could get any sleep at all was to drink until I blacked out. Screw you, you anti-human failson. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/33 "2023-06-06T12:48:54Z")
I’ve seen a tweet by Jack Dorsey that seems to support him also. I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/34 "2023-06-06T13:05:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > As if I couldn’t loathe this anti-vax shithead any more, now he’s schmoozing with Elmo Mush and claiming that school shootings are caused by Prozac. > > [RFK Jr. Spouts Conspiracy Theories in Twitter Campaign Event With Musk](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr-conspiracy-theory-twitter-elon-musk-1234747479/) That’s been a far-right wing talking point for quite some time. In addition to [Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson](https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-and-tucker-carlson-mass-shootings-ssris-antidepressants-explained-2022-7) pushing an antidepressant-shootings link, the extreme right conspiracy-promoting website Natural News frequently fulminates to that effect. On a recent episode of the Alex Jones Show, Jones (who’s fervently backing RFK Jr.'s campaign) said that RFK Jr. has only 10% to go and he’s Alex Jones. The way things are going, the great confluence may be even closer than that. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/35 "2023-06-11T00:47:00Z")
RFK Jr. [has conversations with dead people](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/01/robert-kennedy-jr-president-candidate-conspiracy), facilitates [chemtrail conspiracy theory craziness](https://twitter.com/mistahbuhau/status/1667620433120854027) and believes the government [is covering up extraterrestrial intrusions](https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1666288446107975680). New campaign slogan: “Trump not crazy enough for you? Vote for me!!” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/36 "2023-06-11T00:55:04Z")
If he had Trump’s PT Barnum skill set, we’d be in serious trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/37 "2023-06-26T20:01:47Z")
[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzhJd_baAAAB-Ct?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzhJd_baAAAB-Ct?format=jpg&name=large) I see he’s bought into the “Rob Schneider is courageous” conspiracy now too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/38 "2023-06-27T03:19:40Z")
Well, they _do_ have matching shirts, so…. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/39 "2023-06-27T04:01:56Z")
With the matching shirts, they really should’ve had a caption like “RFK, Jr (on right)”. Or was it (on left)? See, it’s confusing. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/40 "2023-06-27T08:34:34Z")
Bill Maher’s latest podcast is a LOOOOONG interview with RFK jr, which I’m listening to now, expecting to get pissed off because if there’s one subject Maher is a total nutter on, it’s vaccines, and if there’s one thing RFK jr can’t stop yakking about, it’s vaccine conspiracy whackjob nuttery, and so far it’s surprisingly normal. [relatively nutbar-free conversation (so far)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0dQD1Z6j60&t=2269s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=3)