{"id":2234767,"date":"2024-05-01T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-challenges-biden-to-take-a-no-spoiler-pledge-determining-who-will-drop-out\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:34:19","slug":"rfk-jr-challenges-biden-to-take-a-no-spoiler-pledge-determining-who-will-drop-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-challenges-biden-to-take-a-no-spoiler-pledge-determining-who-will-drop-out\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. dares Biden to commit to a &#8216;no-spoiler pledge&#8217; to decide who will withdraw"},"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\">30<\/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-challenges-biden-to-take-a-no-spoiler-pledge-determining-who-will-drop-out%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=2234767&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. called on\u2064 President Joe\u2062 Biden to agree to \u200ba &#8220;no-spoiler\u2062 pledge&#8221; in mid-October. \u2064The pledge involves funding a 50-state poll, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-weakest-candidate-for-2024-is-donald-trump-club-for-growth-leader-says\/\" title=\"GOP's 'weakest candidate' for 2024 is Donald Trump, Club for Growth leader says\">weakest candidate<\/a> in a head-to-head matchup against former President Donald Trump committing to withdraw before the election. Kennedy emphasizes\u2064 the importance of Americans voting out \u2064of\u200d hope, not\u200b fear. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has urged President Joe Biden to adopt a &#8220;no-spoiler pledge&#8221; in mid-October. This commitment entails funding a comprehensive 50-state poll, with\u2063 the \u2062candidate least \u2064likely to win in a direct competition with former President Donald Trump\u2064 agreeing to step down before the election.\u2064 Kennedy stresses the significance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-hammers-dems-for-using-the-lefts-big-lie-to-push-election-overhaul\/\" title=\"McConnell Hammers Dems For Using \u2018The Left\u2019s Big Lie\u2019 To Push Election Overhaul\">voting based<\/a> on hope rather than fear for Americans.  <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. called on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Joe Biden\">President Joe Biden<\/a> on Wednesday to take a \u201cno-spoiler pledge\u201d in mid-October, in which both candidates would agree to fund a 50-state poll and the weakest candidate in a head-to-head matchup against former<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" President Donald Trump\"> President Donald Trump<\/a> vows to drop out of the race ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, I think what we all want in this election is that Americans not have to feel like they have to vote out of fear, that they feel they can vote out of hope,\u201d Kennedy said, speaking to a crowd in New York City. \u201cThat is only going to happen if there is a two-way race between me and President Trump or me and President Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the poll of 30,000 likely voters, Kennedy\u2019s pledge would also require him and Biden to agree that \u201cwhomever performs weakest against President Trump in a two-man contest will drop out of the presidential race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The push for the pledge comes after Kennedy\u2019s campaign made a lengthy argument that Biden is spoiling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-pennsylvania-could-be-ground-zero-for-a-novel-biden-and-trump-presidential-tie\/\" title=\"Why Pennsylvania May Become the Epicenter of a Potential Biden and Trump Tie in the Presidential Election\">independent candidate\u2019<\/a>s chances against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery poll that has posed this question \u2014 a head-to-head between President Biden and President Trump and a head-to-head race between me and President Trump has said the same thing: I perform much much better against President Trump than President Biden does,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>Amaryllis Kennedy, Robert Kennedy\u2019s campaign manager, compared internal polling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-predicts-2022-victory-at-democrats-christmas-party-while-ignoring-waukesha-survivors\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Predicts 2022 Victory at Democrats' Christmas Party \u2014 While Ignoring Waukesha Survivors\">recent national polls<\/a>, trying to make the case that her father-in-law would perform much better against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy initially ran as a Democrat before deciding to run as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2438851\/rfk-jr-planning-to-switch-from-democratic-to-independent-presidential-ticket-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>independent<\/a>. In March, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2938556\/rfk-jr-selects-nicole-shanahan-as-vice-presidential-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> Nicole Shanahan, a California-based attorney and entrepreneur, as his running mate in his bid for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The independent candidate\u2019s campaign has been pushing to get on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in time for the general election, but it has been a bruising state-by-state battle for ballot access. Campaign officials said Kennedy had collected enough signatures for access in New Hampshire, Nevada, Hawaii, North Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, and Iowa. However, he is only officially on the ballot in Utah and Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/newsdesk\/articles\/april24nationalpoll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida Atlantic University and Mainstreet Research poll<\/a> showed Biden leading Trump by 1 percentage point. However, when RFK was added to the ballot, Biden\u2019s lead over Trump grew to 5 points.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recently has been attacking RFK in a series of posts on his Truth Social account, calling him \u201cfar more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liberal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>LIBERAL<\/a>\u201d than any of the Democratic candidates \u2014 including Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Cornel West.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged President Joe Biden to adopt a &#8220;no-spoiler pledge&#8221; in mid-October. This entails both candidates funding a 50-state poll. The candidate weakest in a head-to-head battle with Donald Trump pledges to exit the race before the election. 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