{"id":2217827,"date":"2024-04-10T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-staunchest-allies-see-third-party-candidates-as-his-path-to-victory-over-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T18:54:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:54:55","slug":"trumps-staunchest-allies-see-third-party-candidates-as-his-path-to-victory-over-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-staunchest-allies-see-third-party-candidates-as-his-path-to-victory-over-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s most loyal supporters view third-party candidates as a potential route for his victory against Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Ftrumps-staunchest-allies-see-third-party-candidates-as-his-path-to-victory-over-biden%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=2217827&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--><p>Former President Donald\u200c Trump&#8217;s allies are backing third-party candidate Robert F.\u2064 Kennedy Jr. to divert\u2064 voters\u200b from \u2064President Joe Biden. They endorse\u2064 Kennedy as\u200c a pro-choice \u2063and \u200denvironmental advocate, offering Democrats \u2063an alternative. Third-party candidates could sway the election, drawing more\u200b votes from Biden. \u200bKey figures like Steve \u2064Bannon and Timothy Mellon play significant roles in supporting Kennedy&#8217;s campaign.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> allies are seeking to bolster support for third-party candidates, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>., in an effort to draw voters away from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Marketing Kennedy as a \u201cchampion for choice\u201d for abortion and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-groups-cheer-keystone-shutdown-now-demand-biden-shut-down-all-pipelines\/\" title=\"Environmental Groups Cheer Keystone Shutdown, Now Demand Biden Shut Down All Pipelines\">environmental activist<\/a>, Trump allies plan to highlight to Democrats that they have another choice on the ballot. Polling reveals that third-party candidates will play a pivotal role in the outcome of the election, particularly drawing more votes away from Biden than from Trump. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe path to victory here is clearly maximizing the reach of these left-wing alternatives,\u201d Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-rfk-jr-biden.html\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>So far, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-do-we-avoid-the-next-ftx-cryptocurrency-collapse\/\" title=\"How Do We Avoid the Next FTX Cryptocurrency Collapse?\">largest single donor<\/a> to Kennedy\u2019s biggest super PAC is Timothy Mellon, giving $20 million to Kennedy\u2019s campaign efforts.\u00a0Mellon is also the largest donor to Trump\u2019s super PAC, according to the outlet, having given $15 million to MAGA Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon also pointed out how those following environmental issues closely, such as third-party presidential candidate Jill Stein, are privy to the fact that the oil production under the Biden administration is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/24098983\/biden-oil-production-climate-fossil-fuel-renewables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>highest it\u2019s ever been<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Republican knows that oil production under Biden is higher than ever. But Jill Stein\u2019s people do,\u201d Bannon said. \u201cStein is furious about the oil drilling. The college kids are furious about it. The more exposure these guys get, the better it is for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Stein took votes away from Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, possibly costing Clinton the states and the election.\u00a0Trump supporter Bernie Marcus reportedly helped financially boost Stein\u2019s campaign that year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no question that in a close presidential race, independent or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-palin-advances-to-november-election-for-house-seat\/\" title=\"Sarah Palin Advances to November Election for House Seat\">minor party candidates<\/a> can have a disproportionately large impact,\u201d\u00a0Roger Stone, Trump\u2019s political adviser, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Polling from <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3894\">Quinnipiac University<\/a> in March revealed that in a hypothetical five-way race between Trump, Biden, Kennedy, Stein, and Cornel West, Trump led the race by 1 percentage point, but in a race between just Trump and Biden, Biden led by 3 percentage points. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to donating money to third-party candidates, Trump\u2019s allies are working to ensure that they are able to get on state ballots. Conservative activist Scott Presler publicly reached out to Stein and West to offer his help.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats have asked a group of lawyers to see if independent candidates have done everything by the book in their quest to get on the ballots, particularly in swing states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The campaigns for third-party candidates such as Kennedy and Stein have bashed Biden and the Democratic National Committee for their actions, with Stein\u2019s campaign manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2879933\/biden-tries-avoid-hillary-mistakes-third-party-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>telling<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, \u201cWe find it both offensive and pathetic that the Democrats are choosing to use their vast resources, acquired in large part through their donors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fossil-fuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fossil fuel<\/a> industry and the war machine, to impede <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">democracy<\/a> rather than support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Clinton reportedly discussed third-party and independent candidates and their repercussions for his campaign last fall during the former\u00a0secretary of state\u2018s trip to the\u00a0White House\u00a0for a Japanese-sponsored art award ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s allies aim to boost backing for third-party candidates, notably Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to sway voters from President Joe Biden. They promote Kennedy as a &#8220;champion for choice&#8221; on abortion and an environmental advocate, presenting Democrats with an alternative option to consider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2217828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24089623282565-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24089623282565-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217827","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}