{"id":2236558,"date":"2024-05-03T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-wont-debate-rfk-jr-hes-not-a-serious-candidate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:28:07","slug":"trump-says-he-wont-debate-rfk-jr-hes-not-a-serious-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-wont-debate-rfk-jr-hes-not-a-serious-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump refuses to debate RFK Jr., deeming him as not a credible candidate"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-says-he-wont-debate-rfk-jr-hes-not-a-serious-candidate%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=2236558&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 Trump criticized independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as not credible due to low polling numbers. Trump\u2063 expressed uncertainty\u200d about Kennedy&#8217;s impact on the election \u200band emphasized the need for higher numbers for credibility. Kennedy, although trailing Trump and Biden in polls, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-warn-of-unique-threat-election-ballots-to-list-no-labels-as-third-option-in-these-us-states\/\" title=\"Democrats raise concerns over a \"unique threat\" in certain US states: the inclusion of a \"No Labels\" option on election ballots.\">gained \u2062ballot access<\/a> in key battleground states. Trump has denounced Kennedy as \u200dthe\u200d most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-dem-scrubs-left-wing-views-from-campaign-site-to-kick-off-moderate-congressional-campaign\/\" title=\"Iowa Dem Scrubs Left-Wing Views From Campaign Site To Kick Off Moderate Congressional Campaign\">radical left candidate<\/a>.  <\/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<p>Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday that independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is \u201cnot a serious candidate,\u201d and he would have to get his poll numbers up \u201cbefore he\u2019s credible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the Manhattan courtroom where he is being tried for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Shield Financial Records\">alleged hush money payments<\/a> to porn actress Stormy Daniels, Trump was asked by a reporter if he would debate Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRFK? I don\u2019t know anything about him,\u201d Trump replied. \u201cLook, RFK is polling very low. He\u2019s not a serious candidate. They say he hurts Biden. I don\u2019t know who he hurts; he might hurt me, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has very low numbers,\u201d Trump added. \u201cCertainly not numbers he can debate with, and he\u2019s gotta get his numbers up a lot higher before he\u2019s credible. But the numbers he\u2019s taking away, they say will be against Biden, but I don\u2019t know; I\u2019m not so sure. It could be a little bit against me, but I don\u2019t see him as a factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: &#8220;RFK is polling very low. He&#8217;s not a serious candidate.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/epUKaHxDm1\">pic.twitter.com\/epUKaHxDm1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1786132980525638082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a five-way race with Trump, President Joe Biden, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and independent candidate Cornel West, Kennedy polls at 10% nationally, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics average<\/a>. Trump and Biden, meanwhile, are locked in a tight race at 41% and 39%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>While Kennedy remains far behind Trump and Biden in the polls, the independent candidate has gained ballot access in critical battleground states in recent weeks. According to the Kennedy campaign, the candidate has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rfk-jr-gains-ballot-access-in-major-battleground-state-through-a-third-party-campaign-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">qualified<\/a> to appear on the ballots in Michigan, Nevada, and North Carolina, all states considered to be battleground races this November, according to RCP.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-blasts-rfk-jr-most-radical-left-candidate-in-the-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted<\/a> Kennedy, calling him \u201cthe most radical Left candidate in the race\u201d and saying he would likely pull votes away from Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He\u2019s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-rfk-jr-most-radical-left-candidate-in-the-race\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes RFK Jr. as the 'most radical left candidate in the race.\">economy killing disasters<\/a>,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112166092415580232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in March. \u201cI guess this would mean he is going to be taking votes from Crooked Joe Biden, which would be a great service to America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714657703188000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0-8IzS3B7axoRMsynY0m75\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Last week, however, the Republican presidential candidate said that Kennedy\u2019s campaign will help Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112340329782516692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> that Kennedy is \u201ca Radical Left Liberal who\u2019s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has criticized both Biden and Trump during his presidential campaign, but more recently has focused his attacks on the sitting president. Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rfk-jr-biden-absolutely-a-much-worse-threat-to-democracy-than-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last month that he \u201ccan make the argument that President Biden is a much worse threat to democracy\u201d than Trump is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greatest threat to democracy is not somebody who questions election returns, but a president of the United States who uses the power of his office to force the social media companies, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to open a portal and give access to that portal to the FBI, to the CIA, to the IRS, to CISA, to NIH to censor his political critics,\u201d Kennedy said on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefanieSpear\/status\/1785751544941392097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> on Biden to suspend his 2024 campaign, arguing that the president\u2019s \u201cpresence gives Trump the victory instead of Kennedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump dismissed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as &#8220;not a serious candidate,&#8221; citing the need for improved poll numbers for credibility. Trump made the remarks after leaving a Manhattan courtroom, where he faces allegations of hush money payments to Stormy Daniels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2236559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Trump-e1714751883676.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Trump-e1714751883676.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236558","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}