A billboard truck paid for by the DNC has been circling Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign events. Protesters picketed his vice presidential announcement rally. The website’s grassroots organizing forum was flooded with fake, provocative event pages. And a job ad from the progressive group MoveOn showed in real-time how progressive organizations are staffing up to confront the independent campaign.
The bombardment against Kennedy has grown so intense that the campaign is crying foul. Democrats are taking third-party threats seriously, and anti-Kennedy antagonism has spiked now that the general election is underway and the independent candidate continues to draw significant support in the polls. Despite the political prowess associated with his family name, Kennedy is a first-time candidate, and is now receiving his first real political vetting….
Kennedy is averaging about 12.5 percent in polls, according to RealClearPolitics. While that’s not enough support to win an election, even single-digit support in swing states could shift the 2024 results. Democrats have so far been the more proactive party to define Kennedy as a spoiler, but former President Donald Trump’s team is starting to turn its attention to Kennedy as well, calling him “a radical leftist.”