Mr. Kennedy said he will remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, so as not to be a spoiler.

In his speech on Friday, Mr. Kennedy implied that Mr. Trump had offered him a role in his second administration, dealing with health care and food and drug policy. “We’re going to reform the entire food system,” he said.

It’s worth noting that Kennedy’s health care policy is to bring back measles, that he eats roadkill, and had part of his brain eaten by a worm as a result.

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    563·
    4 months ago

    Well, if you go strictly based off his positions on paper, or as posted on his website, he hits all the “progressive” points that would seem very attractive to a progressive independent or some more left democrats. Its a legit honest mistake to think he might be fairly left, based off when I was researching him a bit.

    But every time he opens his mouth in front of a camera it’s the most asinine right wing brain worm vomit you’ve ever heard, and I think they figured that out a little too late.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      263·
      4 months ago

      I mean, apparently he was a pretty good dude and an environmentalist for a long time.

      Then around the time he got a worm in his brain, he just went bat shit crazy for some weird reason…

      • bcgm3@lemmy.world
        13·
        4 months ago

        I’m imagining Ratatouille, only it’s an anthropomorphized worm steering RFK Jr around by chomping on different parts of his brain. I want to say the worm would be voiced by David Cross. It’s almost making this bizarre timeline a little easier to process.

    • chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      4 months ago

      Uh…no…he was very pro gun. He was liberal on like one or two issues, but most of his policies were straight up Republican.

      I wanted to like the guy as a viable alternative to Biden, but he was hard right on too many issues.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        4 months ago

        Just gonna point out damned near every lefty Redneck ive met is violently pro gun, but they all would happily mutilate someone for improper use of a firearm. The NRA and Republicans aint pro gun if they were they wouldnt throw a fit everytime a minority used one.

        • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          ^^^^ this man gets it.
          I like firearms. I would qualify as “a redneck”.
          I also think you should need to go through a minimum 2 day safety, maintenance and storage training course to own one. They are a tool that you must prove you are safely capable of handling, maintaining in safe operation (no exploding barrels), and keeping secure.

          • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            4 months ago

            This and also lets not restrict weapons cause scarry. I fear a shotgun far more than an assault rifle in untrained hands, mostly cause it takes an afternoon to learn how to use a shotty while it takes a good bit more to use really any rifle.

    • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      314·
      4 months ago

      He is living proof that the Horseshoe Theory is correct and true

      EDIT: I thought we left reddit to get away from the mindless downvoting hivemind BS