Super PAC supporting RFK Jr. says it has gathered enough signatures to put him on ballot in Arizona, Georgia

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Published 11:39 AM EST, Tue February 27, 2024


CNN — The outside group supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid has gathered enough signatures to qualify Kennedy to appear on the ballot in two key battleground states in November, the group announced on Tuesday.

American Values 2024 said in a news release they have gathered the necessary signatures to secure ballot access for Kennedy in Arizona and Georgia, two states that helped President Joe Biden defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election by very narrow margins.

“The grassroots energy and momentum give us more confidence than ever in our ability to knock out the remaining states on our list of states quickly,” PAC co-founder Tony Lyons said in a statement on Tuesday.

While Kennedy’s longshot bid is unlikely to garner enough support to win in November, his appearance on the ballot in pivotal swing states could reshuffle the electoral dynamics in a potential rematch between Biden and Trump. Biden defeated Trump by less than half a percentage point in both Arizona and Georgia in the 2020 election. Kennedy is currently on the ballot in one state, Utah, and his campaign has gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballots in New Hampshire and Hawaii.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/politics/rfk-pac-signatures-ballot-arizona-georgia/index.html

[Lunabell]

1. From what I have read,

this will peel off rethuglican and CONservative independent voters. Well, I hope it does!

[flying_wahini]

2. Good. No Dems will vote for him anyway.

[former9thward]

14. That is not what the polling says.

[PortTack]

17. Links to polls?

Sorry…the polls have been SOOOO accurate

[Polybius]

23. That were accurate in SC on Saturday

Before that, not so much.

[radical noodle]

27. Some will

I know a few that will. I fear he's the Ralph Nadar of 2024. He doesn't care if he gives trump another chance to set this country on fire.

[mountain grammy]

29. Yep. I know a couple that are on board

WTF. 🙄.

[radical noodle]

31. Most I know seem to be younger

more inexperienced and ill-informed voters. But they vote too.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I'm a fan of comedian Tig Notaro, and her and Cheryl Hines do a podcast together

I actually used to enjoy the podcast but I cannot listen to it anymore knowing what both of them are directly or indirectly giving credibility to. It simply is a huge, huge disservice to the human race for RFK Junior to be doing what he is doing.

NO Tig is not a rightie and I am sure Cheryl isnt either, but they both need to denounce what he is doing and of course neither has that I know of.

[oldsoftie]

5. I've always loved Cheryl Hines too. She's hilarious. But I cant understand her with him

I just dot get it; SHE has been vaccinated.

[Rebl2]

19. She wants

the Kennedy name? I have no respect for her any longer, kind of like Susan Sarandon.

[flying_wahini]

7. Tig is a Trumpy? I find that very strange. Since she is a Lesbian and all.

Do they argue or agree about RFKjr..?

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. No, she is not. But Cheryl is married to the prick. And I dont like the

association, especially that as far as I know neither ever says a word about him. He needs to be denounced.

In my way of thinking, Tig at least has to come out and say she disagrees with what he is doing, and maybe she has, if she has someone can provide that please.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Yes, but you can't expect Cheryl to denounce her husband n/t

[Eliot Rosewater]

21. Which is why I wont listen anymore. I know she cant, so she is on board with ending democracy.

[oldsoftie]

4. I hope all the anti-vaxxers in GA vote for him. TRUMP created the vaccine!!!

TRUMP claimed ALL the credit!

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. In the same interview once didn't he take credit for the vaccine and then say you can't trust vaccines

I would put a laughing emoticon here but it's just not funny anymore, it's not funny that in any poll you look at nearly half the people who will vote are going to vote for him.

[Lovie777]

6. He hurts GQPs...............................

[prodigitalson]

10. ikr they are splitting the anti vax vote

[LeftInTX]

11. The DNC is taking him seriously

He will likely try to come across as a Democrat and could change his tune about vaccines. (Just to be a spoiler)

Too many voters don't pay attention. They will just think, "Oh he's a Kennedy. He's an independent Democrat. I want that".

[Oopsie Daisy]

12. He knows he can't win. His only goal is to help put Trump in office.

He's unvaccinated for covid, right? 🤞🫰🫰

[twodogsbarking]

13. On top of what you all said the guy gives me the creeps, like lurker in a horror movie.

[jgmiller]

16. My bet is he pulls equally from both sides

I really think it becomes a split, you'll never pull over true Trump supporters but you will pull in some from the GOP that just can't bring themselves to vote for Biden and then you will pull over Biden protest votes and others. It should work the same way with independants.

The thing that is amazing to me is that they announced they have enough in Arizona and Georgia, they are just like the GOP they are telling you exactly what they want to do which is defeat Biden. Why on earth would you target those states and crow about it if that wasn't your plan? Why not work hard to get on the ballot in Maine or Tennesee or Iowa or Montana? Because you can't cause enough damage there.

[PortTack]

18. Never thought I would say i DESPISE a kennedy

Urrggg!

JMHO… look at what Dan Phillips did in the recent dem primaries…pretty much nothing. If you’re maga and a frump voter you aren’t going to choose a 3rd party person…you think your guy is going to win. The rest of us, independents, Dems and a fair number of never frump republicans say they will vote for President Biden and with good reason…absolute terror about frump getting another term. The young voters, the Swifties, they aren’t going to vote for the 3rd party guy or frump!

[Crowman2009]

20. That PAC may as well toss their money into a bonfire.

It'll have the same effect.

[SergeStorms]

26. Most of it is republican money....

so toss away. A republican dollar that isn't going to the orange menace is a good thing.

[Polybius]

22. Can't stand the guy, but there's no reason that he shouldn't be on the ballot in every state

Anyone polling over 5% should. He hurts Trump anyway.

[Barry Markson]

24. His uncle Teddy was a threat to President Carter' re-election

But the campaign waited too long to drag Ted's Oldsmobile out of the water under the Chappaquiddick Bridge with Mary Jo's Rigor mortis stiffened body, her hands clasping the back seat and face turned upward toward a diminishing air pocket, to save Carter's presidency. Too little Too late.

Biden's people need to really start in on RFK jr now, beginning with the heroin addiction and his insistence that his cousin Michael Skakel was innocent and railroaded for beating Martha Moxley to death with a golf club.

Plenty of skeletons in that closet.

It runs in the family.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. RFK Jr. is a loon and a non-factor in the election

who is getting far too much "speculative credit" by the media for being any type of disruptor.

The group that the media ignores that HAS BEEN and will continue to be the largest "3rd party", is the Libertarian Party, who consistently, election after election, come in 3rd behind (D)s & (R)s, and far ahead of the Green Party, Constitution Party, and others (which would probably eventually include "No Labels" if they ever get on any ballot).

The Libertarians are generally a subset of the right and GOP (with a small fraction being more "left-leaning" ).

[sop]

28. Some info on American Values 2024 PAC

"The group was co-founded in 2022 by Mark Gorton, CEO of Tower Research Capital and creator of file-sharing platform LimeWire, and Tony Lyons, head of independent book publishing company SkyHorse Publishing. Gorton and Lyons serve as co-chairs of the PAC."

"Both Gorton and Lyons have been affiliated with Kennedy in the past. Gorton told CNBC in May that, in 2021, he donated $1 million to Children’s Health Defense, a Kennedy-run nonprofit that frequently spreads anti-vaccine misinformation. Meanwhile, Lyons has published several of Kennedy’s books, including 'The Real Anthony Fauci' and 'A Letter to Liberals.'"

(See links below for Amazon synopsis of Kennedy's anti-Fauci and anti-vax books)

"The group had raised nearly $9.8 million, as of June 30, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. Timothy Mellon, a billionaire descendant of the Mellon banking family, contributed $5 million to the PAC – after donating to a pro-Donald Trump committee in 2020. Celebrity security consultant Gavin de Becker – who has donated to both Republican and Democratic candidates in the past – contributed $4.5 million to American Values 2024."

"The group says it plans to spend between $10 million and $15 million to make sure Kennedy is on the ballot in at least 10 states, including swing states, where ballot access for independent candidates can be difficult."

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/01/american-values-2024/

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Anthony-Fauci-Democracy-Childrens/dp/1510766804

https://www.amazon.com/Letter-Liberals-Censorship-American-Childrens/dp/1510775587

[apnu]

30. I saw polls that RFK JR pulls voters from Trump more than Biden.

Also, reporting shows RFK JR’s campaign donations come from Republicans and Conservative sources.

Since they are targeting 2020 battleground states: Georgia and Arizona, do these people really believe RFK will affect Biden in those states?

[BumRushDaShow]

32. He'll get single-issue GOP antivax voters who don't want 45

(although there are some antivax "left" who are "anti-corporate/anti-big pharma" who would probably go with him too)

[Prairie Gates]

33. Yes, they only need a few battlegrounds to create their Jill Stein effect

Fucking Russian ops.