{"id":1979169,"date":"2023-07-21T04:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T08:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-predict-rfk-jr-hearing-will-backfire-on-republicans-and-biden-primary-challenger\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T04:15:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T08:15:01","slug":"democrats-predict-rfk-jr-hearing-will-backfire-on-republicans-and-biden-primary-challenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-predict-rfk-jr-hearing-will-backfire-on-republicans-and-biden-primary-challenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats anticipate that the hearing involving RFK Jr. will ultimately harm Republicans and the primary challenger to President Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-predict-rfk-jr-hearing-will-backfire-on-republicans-and-biden-primary-challenger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979169&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic presidential candidate Robert\u2063 Kennedy Jr.\u200b takes \u2062on Congress<\/h2>\n<p>Robert Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, \u200crecently \u200cmade\u2064 a powerful \u2064appearance before the House \u2064Judiciary Committee panel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-cybersecurity-agency-labels-private-thoughts-critical-infrastructure-to-justify-censoring-you\/\" title=\"DHS labels private thoughts as 'critical infrastructure' for censorship.\">federal government censorship<\/a>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-speak-at-cpac-in-dallas-in-july\/\" title=\"Trump to Speak at CPAC in Dallas in July\">high-profile event<\/a> not only put Kennedy in the \u200cspotlight but also provided an unexpected\u2063 opportunity \u200dfor the GOP to promote one\u2062 of President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-news-three-of-ten-pro-impeachment-republicans-including-liz-cheney-already-have-primary-opponents\/\" title=\"Good News! Three of Ten Pro-Impeachment Republicans Including Liz Cheney ALREADY Have Primary Opponents\">primary opponents<\/a> and potentially embarrass the incumbent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;But \u200bit\u2019s likely to backfire on them,&#8221; says \u2064Democratic strategist Mark Mellman. &#8220;The more Democrats hear what this \u200cKennedy has to say, the less they like \u2064him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jim Kessler, the \u200bpolicy\u2064 executive vice president of centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, also\u200c believes that the hearing &#8220;backfired&#8221; on Kennedy. He argues that the Republican Party used Kennedy for their own agenda, leaving him feeling uncomfortable and\u200b ultimately diminishing his chances of becoming a serious Democratic candidate.<\/p>\n<p>While Kennedy may not pose a significant threat to Biden&#8217;s nomination, his\u2062 polling and \u2063fundraising \u2063numbers \u200ddo undermine the president.\u2063 According to RealClearPolitics, Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-predict-rfk-jr-hearing-will-backfire-on-republicans-and-biden-primary-challenger\/\" title=\"Democrats anticipate that the hearing involving RFK Jr. will ultimately harm Republicans and the primary challenger to President Biden.\">average job \u200capproval-disapproval rating<\/a> is \u200c41%-53%,\u200c while he enjoys\u2063 66% support in Democratic primary polls. In contrast,\u2062 Kennedy has surprised political pundits by averaging 14% in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u200d Murray, the director of the Monmouth University\u2062 Polling\u200b Institute, suggests that\u2063 some Democrats may have a favorable opinion of \u200cKennedy simply because of \u2063his last name, rather than his actual positions. The \u2063hearings could potentially reveal \u200chow out of step he is with the party.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversial remarks\u2063 and\u200b criticism<\/h3>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s \u2063campaign\u200d has not been without controversy. His comments \u2062about COVID-19 being &#8220;targeted to&#8221; certain ethnicities \u2062and his views on vaccines and\u200d medications\u200c have drawn\u200c criticism from both Democrats and the White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The claims made on that tape\u200c are \u200dfalse. It is vile. They put our fellow Americans in danger,&#8221; says White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. &#8220;It is important that we essentially speak out when we hear those claims made\u200b more broadly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats\u200d have even called \u2064for Kennedy to be disinvited from certain hearings due to his controversial remarks. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accuses Kennedy of being a \u200dpawn in\u2064 a right-wing political \u200doperation aimed at taking down President Joe \u200dBiden.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u200dhearing, Kennedy vehemently \u2064defended himself and his campaign, denying accusations of racism and\u200d antisemitism. He \u2063emphasized that the criticisms against him were defamatory \u2062and aimed at censoring his message.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d the \u200bpolitical landscape\u200b continues to \u200devolve, it remains to be seen how Kennedy&#8217;s\u2064 candidacy will impact the Democratic primary and \u200cthe\u200b overall race\u200c for the presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee panel on federal government censorship. This unexpected move by the GOP allowed them to highlight President Joe Biden&#8217;s primary opponent and potentially undermine his position, despite censorship being a topic that typically appeals to Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1979170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}