Liberals ‘Freak Out’ Over RFK Jr.’s 2024 Campaign After VP Announcement

Experts weighed in on what one described as a liberal “freak out” following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of who he picked as his operating mate, as Democrats have been amping up their assaults on the now-Independent whose household title was as soon as synonymous with the social gathering.

After RFK Jr. introduced he had chosen lawyer and tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan to be his VP selection, he’s been subjected to elevated assaults from Democrats following a “freak out” inside the social gathering, with specialists telling Fox News his selection is the social gathering’s “worst nightmare.”

“Only in the new Socialist Democratic Party — they should change their name to reflect who they really are now — would the son of Robert F Kennedy and nephew of Democrat icon JFK be forced from the party that has used their name for decades, all because he had the gall to point out the obvious, Joe Biden is not prepared to lead this country for four more years,” Republican strategist and The Vogel Group principal Matt Keelen advised Fox News.

He added: “Anyone with eyes knows that as a fact.”

Kennedy, hailing from one of the crucial famend and cherished Democrat households in American historical past, has change into one of many main targets of criticism from the left since declaring his candidacy for president. Just underneath two weeks in the past, Kennedy revealed that Shanahan can be his operating mate, prompting a name hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which many interpreted as an indication that the social gathering was in a state of alarm, Fox added.

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“We are doing everything in our power to get President Biden and Vice President Harris re-elected. It’s critical that we take seriously every possible obstacle to that goal. And let me be clear: that’s exactly what Robert F. Kennedy is in this election. He’s a spoiler,” Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis stated on the decision, the outlet reported.

Following that improvement, NBC News reported that Democrats are internally feeling “freaked out” over Kennedy’s candidacy, particularly as he continues to realize momentum and qualify to seem on extra state ballots.

On St. Patrick’s Day, a number of members of the Kennedy household shared a photograph with President Biden on the White House, a transfer that some interpreted as a delicate jab at Kennedy Jr. Additionally, numerous Democratic strategists have been energetic on social media in latest weeks, criticizing the impartial candidate and attempting to hyperlink him to former President Donald Trump, Fox reported.

Democratic strategist Lis Smith, who performed a key position in main Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 marketing campaign and is presently consulting for the DNC on the venture, ignited a flurry of social media posts and reposts following Kennedy’s Tuesday speech. She referred to the candidate as a “spoiler” and shared a video wherein she accused Shanahan of securing her place on the ticket by donating thousands and thousands to support Kennedy earlier than being named his operating mate.

Fox added:

Recent polls have proven Kennedy, Stein and impartial candidate Dr. Cornel West would pull vital support from each Biden and Trump, however with Biden showing to be liable to shedding essentially the most potential votes.

Keelen pointed to the Biden administration’s denial to offering RFK Jr. with Secret Service safety as one other instance of how far out of favor Kennedy has fallen with the Democratic Party. 

“RFK jr was run out of the party by the DNC that rigged yet another primary election – see 2016 – for Hillary, 2020 for Joe, 2024 for Joe again,” Keelen stated. “President Biden and his team have also acted shamefully in not granting Secret Service protection to Kennedy despite growing threats and the fact that both of his relatives were gun downed by madmen. Absolutely unbelievable.”

According to specialists who spoke to Fox News Digital, the hassle to stop Kennedy from taking part within the Democratic main and showing on the poll as a third-party candidate contradicts their professed purpose of safeguarding democracy.

“So much for the party that says it is defending democracy,” Marc Lotter, former particular assistant to the president and former director of strategic communications for Trump’s 2020 marketing campaign, advised the outlet. “What Democrats are doing to RFK is no different than what they are doing through the courts and radical election officials to target Donald Trump.”

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