{"id":2248084,"date":"2024-05-19T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-suggests-rfk-jr-attend-debates-to-expose-him-as-the-democrat-that-he-is\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T16:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T20:02:07","slug":"burgum-suggests-rfk-jr-attend-debates-to-expose-him-as-the-democrat-that-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burgum-suggests-rfk-jr-attend-debates-to-expose-him-as-the-democrat-that-he-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgum proposes inviting RFK Jr. to debates to reveal his Democratic affiliation"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fburgum-suggests-rfk-jr-attend-debates-to-expose-him-as-the-democrat-that-he-is%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=2248084&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>Governor \u200bDoug Burgum (R-ND) suggested that\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">independent candidate<\/a> Robert F. \u2063Kennedy Jr. should participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">presidential debates<\/a> to reveal his stances on critical \u200cvoter issues. President Joe Biden\u2062 and\u2064 former President Donald\u200c Trump have agreed to debate each other on June 27.\u200b Kennedy&#8217;s campaign is pushing for\u200d his inclusion\u2064 in\u200c the debate, \u200beven though an independent candidate hasn&#8217;t been part of the presidential debates since 1992. \u200dBurgum\u2063 highlighted\u200c the opportunity to showcase Kennedy&#8217;s\u200d Democratic views.  <\/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>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Burgum<\/a> (R-ND) suggested that independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> be able to attend the presidential debates, as it would provide an opportunity to \u201cexpose\u201d the candidate\u2019s position on several topics facing voters.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3008393\/biden-trump-tv-brawls-what-senators-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have both agreed to debate each other<\/a> in a CNN debate on June 27. Kennedy\u2019s campaign insisted that the independent candidate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3000697\/rfk-jr-s-campaign-insists-he-will-qualify-for-presidential-debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> be able to partake in this debate<\/a>, even though an independent candidate has not participated in a presidential debate since Ross Perot in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think President Trump has said if he qualifies, he should be on,\u201d Burgum said when asked about Kennedy on the debate stage during an appearance on Fox News\u2019s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. \u201cBut it\u2019ll be a great opportunity to expose him as the Green New Deal spending, liberal Democrat that he is, and President Trump versus two Democrats, I think American people would enjoy watching that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has increased his criticism of Kennedy ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a><\/a>, claiming that the independent candidate is not as big of a critic of vaccinations as he portrays himself to be. It comes as Kennedy could potentially be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-campaign-chief-maloney-endorses-using-spoiler-candidates-in-tight-elections\/\" title=\"Democrat Campaign Chief Maloney Endorses Using Spoiler Candidates in Tight Elections\">spoiler candidate<\/a> for either the former president or Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum also addressed Biden\u2019s leadership ahead of the debates, saying that the nation as a whole is concerned about Biden\u2019s \u201ccapacity\u201d to perform his duties as president, not just during the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum is rumored to be one of several candidates that Trump is considering as a potential candidate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>. The North Dakota governor has attended Trump\u2019s legal trial in Manhattan, <a href=\"https:\/\/northdakotamonitor.com\/briefs\/gov-doug-burgum-at-trump-trial-in-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>calling it \u201celection interference.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2991324\/trump-vice-presidential-short-list-pros-and-cons-of-nine-hopefuls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Other people rumored<\/a> to be on Trump\u2019s consideration include Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Byron Donalds (R-FL), and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and J.D. Vance (R-OH).<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3006225\/harris-proposes-july-august-vice-presidential-debate-trump-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accepted an invitation<\/a> from CBS News to debate Trump\u2019s running mate, with the debate scheduled for either July 23 or Aug. 13. Like the presidential debate, this debate would be conducted in studio without a live audience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) proposed allowing independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to join the presidential debates to unveil his positions on key voter issues. 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