Networks Cut Away From RFK Jr.’s Long Trump Endorsement

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-long-trump-endorsement-loses-cnn-and-msnbcs-attention

46 Comments

  1. FormerZebra3175 on

    Look, I know he has a disorder that causes his voice to sound the way it does, but I’m going to be honest and say that I can’t listen to him speak for more than 2 minutes.

    Also, I read excerpts of the transcript, and his speech was extraordinarily dumb, so there’s that too. But that’s a given.

  2. NoReserve7293 on

    I wonder if when he came to Harris/Walz looking for a position in their administration and was told “We can’t promise you anything that would be illegal. However, your welcome to throw you name and qualifications into any position that’s open after the landslide election, if he would still would have threw his support to Trump. Just a thought.

  3. NotCreative37 on

    I don’t know if I truly understand this move by RFKjr. In his speech suspending his campaign, he stated he is not dropping out of the race. He will appear on some ballots, I think ten states. So what is the point of this move?

  4. Trump and vance were bored with hookers and couches so they wanted to dip their toes in the world of throuples….ps no kink shaming here!!!

  5. Unlike Vance, Trump can and will be able to dump RFKj when he doesn’t get any polling boost from this conman.

  6. Sounds like it’s for the same reason they cut away from any overlong rambling speech.

    Surprising part is that they carried any part of it live.

  7. SevereEducation2170 on

    Because it was unwatchable, whiny garbage. I tried to watch it, but after 15 minutes all I got was an old privileged dude playing the victim and spouting nonsense like “please vote for me in non swing states. If there’s a contingent election I could still win the presidency.”

  8. Of course the real question is why would they have carried it at all?

    Or maybe, why not run stories about how wack it is he said so many nasty things about Dump but changed his mind “for some reason.”

  9. Nobody wants to listen to that guy for more than a minute. Reince Preibus(that dweeb) said he wants to RFK to go to colleges and stump for Trump…lol…good luck with that.

  10. Ok. Thanks RFK bye now, take your annoying painfully hard to listen to voice with you ~

  11. What boggles my mind is how Cheryl Hines, his wife, can tolerate the humiliation of her husband going to the dark side.

  12. I think the media needs to get better at how they cover 3rd party candidates. This isn’t Ross Perot or even George Wallace not every 3rd party candidate is a viable candidate that deserves attention from news organizations. Only take them seriously if they are a serious campaign that has actually built up momentum and deserves the attention of the media. Stop giving every RFK and Jill Stein our attention every 4 years. If it’s just because you don’t like the electoral college how about pointing out how flawed the electoral college is every 4 years rather than trying to support a third party candidate that isn’t a viable candidate. There are actual legislative measures that are trying to be passed to get rid of the electoral college. Support those causes rather than these candidates.

  13. AddisonFlowstate on

    That’s surprising, he has such a lovely voice and offers such great insight into the world around us

  14. Basselope_poptarts on

    How did this election go from total doom and gloom to an episode of the three stooges?
    I’ve never seen a party implode like this.

  15. His speech sounded like a lightly edited version of the one he wrote to give Kamala his endorsement

  16. DontGetUpGentlemen on

    Was it an endorsement ??? What does this even mean:

    “I want everyone to know that **I am not terminating my campaign**. I am simply suspending it and not ending it. My name will remain on the ballot in most states. If you live in a blue state, you can vote for me without harming or helping President Trump or Vice President Harris. In red states, the same will apply. **I encourage you to vote for me**. And if enough of you do vote for me, and neither of the major party candidates win 270 votes, which is quite possible — in fact today our polling shows them tying at 269 to 269 — and **I could conceivably still end up in the White House** in a contingent election. But in about 10 battleground states where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m gonna remove my name, and I’ve already started that process and urged voters not to vote for me. I’ve made the heart-wrenching decision to suspend my campaign and to support President Trump.”

    — RFKjr 8/23/2024

  17. Your most annoying relatives will point to this as evidence of some coverup, but I’d like to add that the man spoke for like an hour. Covering a third party candidate who is polling at like 5% for as long as they did is more than expected

  18. JARL_OF_DETROIT on

    His father and uncle would be absolutely ashamed. They’re rolling over in their graves.

  19. elliottbaytrail on

    This man is after access and power. He doesn’t represent any deeply held values despite his campaign platform. In many ways, his lying and mental gymnastics suit the MAGA world.

    There are those who followed him who will wake up after this and realize he was playing the spoiler to exact revenge on the DNC. Some of his followers have shared values with the Harris campaign and we need to make sure they know they are welcome in the Harris big tent.

    As for RFK Jr, he made his own bed and his own legacy. History will not remember him kindly.

  20. Of course they did, because the winners of the annual National Flower Show were going to be announced! And it was an azalea that was best in show!

  21. The man looks and thinks like his voice sounds. And all I can think of is his ‘freezer full of road kill’. But worst of all, he’s a total gaslighter – look you in the face and deny video evidence level gaslighter.

    But then, he has to light the stove, for the roadkill

  22. Hell, Trump pulled away from his own endorsement, he began his event halfway through RFK Jr’s