# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/561 "2024-07-24T16:53:52Z")
A campaign ad for him popped up today on YouTube. He was saying something about being a unity candidate before I clicked the Skip button. Seriously pathetic. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/562 "2024-07-24T21:48:58Z")
If I was forced to choose between RFK Jr and trump, I’d probably vote trump. At least he’ll die sooner. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/563 "2024-07-26T22:00:16Z")
Just wanted to mention, RFK Jr battling with Trump over who’s more pro Crypto. > **[RFK Jr. Says He'd Make the Government Buy $615 Billion in Bitcoin - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/241670/rfk-government-buy-615-billion-in-bitcoin)** > > If elected, Kennedy says he wants the United States’ Bitcoin reserves to match its gold reserves. Of course, if you’re pro crypto, there’s other articles pushing both Trump and RFK Jr for it, and chastising Harris for NOT making an effort, but, well, a lot of the super-crypto crowd are already lost to anyone who (gasp!) wants more government regulation, and weren’t likely to be Harris voters anyway. With Biden removing himself from consideration and Harris more or less secure as the nominee, RFK Jr’s claim that he’s replacing a weak old man have cratered, so I’m cautiously optimistic that going forward (if not already the case as has been suggested) he’s going to be taking _more_ votes from Trump than Harris. It would warm the dark, evil cockles of my heart if we end up with another nailbiter, and votes lost to RFK Jr cost Trump the election, as he and his (well, not HIS but you get me) money have been the greatest boosters of RFK’s run. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/564 "2024-07-27T03:55:47Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > well, a lot of the super-crypto crowd are already lost to anyone who (gasp!) wants more government regulation, and weren’t likely to be Harris voters anyway. It’s no shock that people who have a problem with frequent and blatant fraud (which a great deal of crypto is, and what regulation would inhibit) will overlap quite a bit with those supporting Harris. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/565 "2024-08-01T01:52:38Z")
Maybe, just maybe, RFK Jr. supporters are catching on that he’s only in the race to help elect Trump and curry favor for a job. > **[Kamala Harris is knee-capping RFK’s poll numbers. Here’s the latest.](https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/07/kamala-harris-is-knee-capping-rfks-poll-numbers-heres-the-latest.html)** > > New poll numbers are in now that it's a race between Harris and Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/566 "2024-08-01T08:10:38Z")
Or people were just considering voting for him because they didn’t want a repeat of the last election. Harris is an opportunity to vote for someone new. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/567 "2024-08-01T12:09:59Z")
With his numbers tanking, it’s clear that his support came from the “double-haters” group. His tiny support isn’t worth the effort of either candidate to make deals for his endorsement. What would he want, anyway? To have a new cabinet position “Secretary of Anti-Vax” created for him? ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/568 "2024-08-03T03:13:15Z")
I would expect any day now we hear RFK is dropping out and encouraging his remaining supporters to vote for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/569 "2024-08-03T03:20:03Z")
He’s clearly modeling himself after [Connor Roy](https://succession.fandom.com/wiki/Connor_Roy). ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/570 "2024-08-03T14:08:05Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > and encouraging his remaining supporters to vote for Trump His constiuency is about evenly split between the two, plus a lot of people who wanted neither. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/571 "2024-08-03T14:49:10Z")
While I had read that more of his support was Trump leaning otherwise (some of whom moved into his column after Biden’s debate disaster), my sense (can’t find good polling to confirm) is that most were the last group, votes for none of the above. The _hope_ is that the double hating does not hang on to Harris as well and that she is seen as the “other” option by that group, or minimally that those who would have gone to Trump when day came to vote because they disliked Biden more, do not dislike Harris as much and either do vote RFK or stay home (same thing in practical terms). And those who dislike Trump but couldn’t bear to vote Biden might tolerate voting for Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/572 "2024-08-03T19:16:27Z")
[quote=“eschereal, post:570, topic:982260, full:true”] > [@Mallard](#): > > and encouraging his remaining supporters to vote for Trump Assuming Trump doesn’t throw RFK some bauble to drop out. I think if DT did that, RFK would endorse him. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/573 "2024-08-03T21:35:48Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > He’s clearly modeling himself after [Connor Roy](https://succession.fandom.com/wiki/Connor_Roy). We’ll see if he gets an obscure Third World ambassadorship out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/574 "2024-08-04T21:09:27Z")
> RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub and old bicycle in New York City’s Central Park nearly 10 years ago > **[RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub and old bicycle in New York City's...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-admits-dead-bear-cub-old-bicycle-central-park-10-years-ago/)** > > "I said let's go put the bear in Central Park and we'll make it look like it got hit by a bike," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video he posted on X. We’ve all been there. 🇺🇸 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/575 "2024-08-04T21:26:10Z")
I’m surprised he didn’t throw it down into a quarry. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/576 "2024-08-04T21:27:08Z")
It happened when he was in his early 60s. Youthful exuberance! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/577 "2024-08-04T21:43:20Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub and old bicycle in New York City’s Central Park nearly 10 years ago > > [RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park nearly 10 years ago - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-admits-dead-bear-cub-old-bicycle-central-park-10-years-ago/) > > We’ve all been there. 🇺🇸 I’ve done it twice this week. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/578 "2024-08-04T21:51:26Z")
So according to MAGA Jr.; > [@](#): > > In a video he posted on X, Kennedy said he had come across the bear in the morning when he was going falconing; a woman in a van in front of him hit and killed the bear. But according to the 2014 article; > [@](#): > > Sources told CBS 2 and WCBS 880 the bear had stab and slash wounds on its body. Someone’s got some explaining to do. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/579 "2024-08-04T21:53:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Someone’s got some explaining to do. It’s the worm ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260/580 "2024-08-04T22:06:00Z")
It’s where he got it! [Black bear kebabs make family sick with parasitic worms | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/27/health/black-bear-kabobs-trichinellosis/index.html#:~:text=Bears%20and%20other%20wildlife%20including,will%20often%20appear%20perfectly%20healthy.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfk-jr-files-to-run-for-president-dropped-out-on-august-23-2024/982260.md?page=30)