{"id":2218454,"date":"2024-04-11T13:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-fires-campaign-staffer-who-claimed-beating-biden-was-top-priority\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:42:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:42:24","slug":"rfk-jr-fires-campaign-staffer-who-claimed-beating-biden-was-top-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-fires-campaign-staffer-who-claimed-beating-biden-was-top-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr dismisses campaign aide advocating beating Biden as top goal"},"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\">22<\/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%2Frfk-jr-fires-campaign-staffer-who-claimed-beating-biden-was-top-priority%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=2218454&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>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s presidential campaign fired an employee for \u200dmisrepresenting her role and prioritizing \u200cdefeating President Joe Biden in\u200b 2024. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-wants-trump-marched-out-of-white-house\/\" title=\"Maxine Waters Wants Trump \u2018Marched Out Of\u2019 White House\">campaign director<\/a> promptly terminated Rita Palma after a \u2062video of her comments surfaced, where she provided \u2063inaccurate information. The termination, announced by\u200c Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, occurred after discrepancies were revealed, sparking public interest.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>\u2019s presidential campaign fired an employee after she <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>misrepresented<\/a> her role in the campaign and claimed that beating President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> in 2024 was the \u201cNo. 1 priority.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The campaign director for Kennedy\u2019s independent race claimed on Wednesday night they \u201cimmediately terminated\u201d employee Rita Palma after a video of her comments on Biden came under scrutiny. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe terminated her contract for misrepresentation immediately upon seeing the longer video in which she gave an inaccurate job title and described a conversation that did not happen,\u201d Kennedy\u2019s campaign director and daughter-in-law Amaryllis Fox Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amaryllisfox\/status\/1778240860582490237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear when the termination occurred, but the video attracted attention earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Palma stated she used to be a supporter of former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, but he lost her support because of his stance on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vaccinations<\/a>. Kennedy has long been skeptical when it comes to vaccines, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chrissy-teigen-quits-twitter-never-forget-that-your-words-matter\/\" title=\"Chrissy Teigen Quits Twitter: \u2018Never Forget That Your Words Matter\u2019\">garnered attention<\/a> during the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronarvius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>COVID-19 pandemic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you support Bobby or Trump, we all oppose Biden. And my thoughts are that, you know, that\u2019s the No. 1 priority in the country,\u201d Palma said.<\/p>\n<p>Palma also claimed she was the New York state director for the Kennedy campaign, which Fox-Kennedy disputed and called her a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amaryllisfox\/status\/1777418115883880714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201cballot access consultant.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starship-landing-nominal-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-celebrates-after-mars-rocket-prototype-lands-successfully\/\" title=\"\u2018Starship Landing Nominal!\u2019 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Celebrates After Mars Rocket Prototype Lands Successfully\">independent movement<\/a>, our supporters, volunteers, and field organizers come from all sides of the political spectrum and their reasons for supporting Kennedy are as disparate as their backgrounds,\u201d the campaign said in a statement after the video. \u201cShe is not involved in electoral strategy, nationally or in New York. This was not a campaign event. Palma was speaking as a private citizen and her statements in no way reflect the strategy of the Kennedy campaign, which is to win the White House with votes from former Trump and Biden supporters alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palma confirmed her split from the campaign in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/rfk-jr-campaign-fires-new-york-staffer-said-defeating-biden-was-no-1-p-rcna147341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>text messages<\/a> to NBC News but said she still supports Kennedy and that her time with the campaign \u201chas been one of the best political adventures of my life filled with some of the finest people I\u2019ve encountered, and I have encountered many.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hold no ill will and look forward to the next seven months of watching Bobby shine,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s campaign terminated employee Rita Palma for misrepresenting her role and stating that defeating President Joe Biden in 2024 was the top priority. 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