Report: Trump, Kennedy camps were in VP talks as recently as last week

Source: Deseret News

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Monday that Donald Trump’s “emissaries” asked him to be the former president’s running mate.

Those conversations may have occurred as recently as last week and involved Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who attempted to broker a call between the two candidates, sources told the Deseret News.

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In a post on X Monday, Kennedy distanced himself from Trump, saying he is “against” the former president. “President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical,” Kennedy wrote. “I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer.”

But as recently as last week, Kennedy agreed to participate in a call with Trump in which the two would presumably discuss the possibility of a joint ticket. The call, organized by Boteach, was quickly canceled after the Kennedy campaign fired a staffer for claiming that defeating President Joe Biden was the “No. 1 priority.”


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