{"id":2284945,"date":"2024-06-27T22:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T02:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-supporters-protest-outside-white-house-over-presidential-debate-exclusion-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T22:08:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T02:08:38","slug":"rfk-jr-supporters-protest-outside-white-house-over-presidential-debate-exclusion-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-supporters-protest-outside-white-house-over-presidential-debate-exclusion-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. supporters protest outside White House over presidential debate exclusion &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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-supporters-protest-outside-white-house-over-presidential-debate-exclusion-washington-examiner%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=2284945&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>Supporters of \u200bRobert \u2064F. Kennedy Jr. rallied\u200b outside the White House to protest his exclusion\u200d from a CNN \u200cpresidential debate featuring President Joe Biden\u2063 and former\u2064 President Donald Trump. The protest began at 4 p.m. and dwindled by 7 p.m.,\u2062 starting with\u200c about 75 participants and ending with just over a dozen. The protesters, many of whom were volunteers from \u200bVirginia and some\u2062 had driven three hours\u200c to attend, voiced their support for Kennedy using slogans like \u201cNo Debate? No Democracy\u201d and \u201cKennedy speaks for me.\u201d They\u200c expressed their reasons \u200cfor supporting Kennedy, emphasizing the \u2064need for his inclusion in the debate to provide voters with a \u200bthird\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-democrats-use-the-threat-of-court-packing-to-intimidate-the-supreme-court-from-overturning-roe\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: Democrats Use the Threat of Court-Packing to Intimidate the Supreme Court from Overturning Roe\">presidential option<\/a>. Jason \u2064Amatucci, the Kennedy campaign&#8217;s Virginia field director, organized the \u200bevent quickly over two\u2063 days and highlighted \u2062the protest\u2063 as\u200b a stand \u2062against what he \u200cdescribed as collusion between Trump, Biden, and CNN, which he argued was monetizing democracy \u200dto Kennedy&#8217;s detriment. Volunteers and supporters,\u2063 including a former Biden\u2063 voter turned Kennedy supporter, shared their \u200dperspectives, focusing particularly on issues such\u200d as the environment where they believe Kennedy\u2064 excels.  <\/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 group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> supporters gathered outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> to protest his exclusion from CNN\u2019s presidential debate between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>protest began<\/a> at 4 p.m. and teetered out shortly after 7 p.m. At its height, event organizer and Kennedy campaign Virginia field director Jason Amatucci claimed that about 75 people were in attendance, though by the end, it had decreased to just over a dozen. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. protest outside of the White House. (Brady Knox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Protesters chanted and brandished protest signs, including slogans such as \u201cNo Debate? No Democracy\u201d and \u201cKennedy speaks for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, protesters spoke about why they supported Kennedy, and organizers passed around a megaphone so volunteers could give their perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Amatucci, who has been with the Kennedy campaign since July 2023, said the event was organized in two days. It consisted of mostly Virginia volunteers, some of whom drove from three hours away.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>RFK Jr. campaign Virginia field director Jason Amatucci and his girlfriend Meredith Dykstra. (Brady Knox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to show solidarity and stand with Mr. Kennedy \u2026 showing our support for him to be included in the debate,\u201d Amatucci said. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a collusion by Trump and Biden and CNN to monetize our democracy, and it\u2019s unfair to Mr Kennedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the necessity of Kennedy making the ABC News debate in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s really, you know, we talk about all this democracy,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone talks about democracy. Well, this is democracy. Do people want a third choice? And it\u2019s Mr. Kennedy, and he does have a chance to win. He just has to get in front of the American public, and he needs to do that on the debate stage to show the differences that he has between the uniparty, as many people call it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amatucci elaborated on Kennedy\u2019s statement that his exclusion from the debate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/rfk-jr-fails-qualify-cnn-debate-biden-trump-rcna157291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>was illegal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a campaign contribution,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re basically giving all this free time. \u2026 They\u2019re monetizing our democracy. \u2026 CNN is making money on this. Through advertising dollars because guess who advertizes on CNN? Big Pharma. So Big Pharma is funding this debate, and they\u2019re keeping Kennedy off in a roundabout way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Other volunteers speaking with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> gave their perspective on why they were protesting and why they supported Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Annabeth, a singer-songwriter, volunteer, and former Biden voter, has been with the campaign for the past six months. She told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the climate is her biggest concern, and she believes Kennedy is the best for the environment, even surpassing the Green Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRFK Jr. is like a dreamboat,\u201d she said, pointing to his work as an environmental lawyer.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Annabeth, a singer-songwriter and volunteer for the RFK Jr. campaign, protests outside the White House. (Brady Knox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Annabeth first discovered Kennedy during his appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, which affected her to the extent that she jokingly said her life could almost be categorized as \u201cB.C. and A.D.\u201d around her discovery of the podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who spoke with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> said that the Kennedy campaign itself was evenly split between liberals and conservatives, but most were previous Biden voters in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Despite previous support for Biden, all ruled out supporting another candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-to-host-real-debate-simultaneously-with-trump-biden-matchup-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. to host \u2018real debate\u2019 simultaneously with Trump-Biden matchup - Washington Examiner\">major campaign setback<\/a> when he failed to meet CNN\u2019s strict debate requirements, an opportunity that would have given him his biggest platform yet. He is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3061928\/rfk-jr-host-real-debate-simultaneously-trump-biden-matchup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>instead hosting his own debate<\/a> simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018The Real Debate\u2019 is an event you will not want to miss,\u201d the Kennedy campaign said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> when asked for further details on the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walsh-raises-100k-for-ocasio-cortezs-grandmother-gofundme-shuts-down-account\/\" title=\"Matt Walsh Raises 0K For Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s Grandmother; GoFundMe Shuts Down Account\">campaign raised<\/a> just $2.6 million in May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3053661\/rfk-debate-snub-latest-setback-uphill-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> Federal Election Commission filings, well below the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3054568\/trump-outraises-biden-hush-money-conviction\/\">$85 million<\/a> Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised in May and the $141 million that Trump and the Republican National Committee raised in the same month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of Robert F. 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