RFK Jr. says Biden won’t compete in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Predicts Biden Won’t Compete in New Hampshire or Iowa Primaries

“I think that President Biden is not going to even put his name in Iowa and New Hampshire. So I think he’s not even going to compete,” Kennedy told Smerconish. “I think that he did not want to compete in New Hampshire and he wants to go to a state where they … can control the results more.”

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made a bold prediction about President Joe Biden’s campaign strategy. According to Kennedy, Biden won’t compete in the New Hampshire or Iowa primaries next year because he can’t “control the results” in those states.

Kennedy appeared on “The Michael Smerconish Program” on SiriusXM and pointed out that historically, Biden has struggled in those two states. Instead, the president will focus on states where he has a better chance of winning, such as South Carolina.

Why Biden Might Skip New Hampshire and Iowa

Kennedy cited Biden’s performance in the 2020 primaries as evidence. In the Iowa caucus, Biden placed fourth, and in New Hampshire, he placed fifth. Speaking on his own path to victory for the 2024 nomination, Kennedy said, “I have to win the primaries.”

The first state Biden won in the 2020 election season was South Carolina, with 47% of the vote. This came after his losses in both Iowa and New Hampshire, as well as Nevada, in which Biden came in second. Many credit his win in the Palmetto State to Rep. James Clyburn’s (D-SC) endorsement, which helped turn his campaign around, according to The Hill.

What This Means for the Primaries

While New Hampshire and Iowa are historically the first voting states in the country, the Democratic National Committee switched it up for the upcoming election season, moving Iowa out of its first-in-the-nation slot and replacing it with South Carolina.

Kennedy announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president in mid-April, vowing to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is threatening now to impose a new kind of corporate feudalism on our country.” While a longshot candidate, he appears to be polling well against the sitting president, garnering 20% support in a CNN poll released two weeks ago.

What Kennedy Said About Free Speech

Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic and founder of the nonprofit organization Children’s Health Defense, appeared on a Twitter Spaces on Monday with the social media site’s owner, Elon Musk. During the conversation, Kennedy spoke on the importance of free speech and said he was “pretty much a free-speech absolutist.”

“There’s never been a time in history when we look back and say that the people who are censoring free speech were the good guys,” Kennedy said. “They’re always the bad guys. It’s always the first step toward totalitarianism.”