{"id":2293462,"date":"2024-07-12T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-tells-democrats-to-ring-him-up-as-biden-replacement-my-numbers-on-the-internet-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:30:36","slug":"rfk-jr-tells-democrats-to-ring-him-up-as-biden-replacement-my-numbers-on-the-internet-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-tells-democrats-to-ring-him-up-as-biden-replacement-my-numbers-on-the-internet-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. tells Democrats to ring him up as Biden replacement: \u2018My number\u2019s on the internet\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">38<\/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-tells-democrats-to-ring-him-up-as-biden-replacement-my-numbers-on-the-internet-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=2293462&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>The\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> how \u200bRobert F. Kennedy Jr. \u2062has offered\u200c to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic Party&#8217;s candidate for the \u2063upcoming election. \u2063Kennedy, a lifelong Democrat\u200d who ran as\u2063 an <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> last year, believes he is the solution to the party&#8217;s woes.\u2063 He claims to be the only candidate who \u200bcan beat \u2062Donald Trump\u2063 and \u200cis willing to \u2063step in if the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neb-republican-party-calls-to-censure-sen-sasse\/\" title=\"Neb. Republican Party calls to censure Sen. Sasse\">party calls<\/a> \u2063upon him. Recent polls \u200dhave shown \u2064Kennedy performing \u2062well against Trump\u200b and Biden in hypothetical matchups. Despite facing challenges as an independent candidate, Kennedy remains determined to \u200bcontinue his campaign\u2063 for \u200bthe presidency.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RFK Jr. tells Democrats to ring him up as Biden replacement: \u2018My number\u2019s on the internet\u2019<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/ehallas\/\">Emily Hallas<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T11:37:15-04:00\">July 12, 2024 11:37 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1687496\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As Democrats panic over President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s wobbling reelection bid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> says he\u2019s ready to bail out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>party<\/a> as a replacement for the 81-year-old. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, is joined off stage by his wife, Cheryl Hines, during a campaign event, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Oakland, California. (AP Photo\/Eric Risberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lifelong Democrat, Kennedy left his party last year to mount an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-deep-blue-house-seats-could-flip-red-in-november\/\" title=\"These Deep Blue House Seats Could Flip Red in November\">independent bid<\/a> for the presidency. At the time, he said he believed the party establishment had rigged the Democratic primary in favor of President Joe Biden. On Thursday, Kennedy offered his services to his old party as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3079420\/democrats-split-again-biden-future-post-nato-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>many Democrats<\/a> consider alternatives to Biden. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic Party is scrambling to around to find a candidate who can beat Donald Trump,\u201d the independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1811604586937090323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>noted<\/a> in a video posted on X on Thursday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the Democratic Party calls\u2026sure, I\u2019ll answer \ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/akynVcOrOO\">pic.twitter.com\/akynVcOrOO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1811604586937090323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The nephew of President John F. Kennedy said he is the solution to the Left\u2019s problems. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can stop looking. I am the only one who can beat him,\u201d Kennedy claimed. \u201cIf they\u2019re interested, my telephone number is on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Kennedy campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy24.com\/spoiler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>touted the findings<\/a> of a John Zogby Strategies <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/joinkennedy\/pages\/12577\/attachments\/original\/1714585052\/50_State_Horseraces_041324.pdf?1714585052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> that showed Kennedy pulling off a narrow victory in a two-way race against Trump. The poll surveyed 26,000 likely voters. <\/p>\n<p>Additional recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2024-07-11\/poll-rfk-jr-bests-trump-but-biden-suffers-more-in-a-wider-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>data<\/a> provided to <em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em> from Generation Lab showed Kennedy besting Trump in the race to the White House.\u00a0In a three-way race between Biden, Trump, and Kennedy, the independent candidate won out over Trump. Biden earned 37% of the vote, Kennedy took 27%, and Trump came last with 25% of the vote. A final 12% selected \u201cother\u201d in the survey.\u00a0The news comes as the most recent polling shows Biden consistently losing to Trump in November. <\/p>\n<p>Running as a Democrat would make life much easier for Kennedy. As an independent candidate for president, Kennedy has had to face the challenge of getting his name on every state ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy comes from a revered and powerful American political dynasty that is no stranger to obstacles. After his uncle and then president of the United States was assassinated in 1963, Kennedy\u2019s father made his own bid for president. However, Robert Kennedy Sr. was murdered during the election season in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden administration continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/05\/us\/politics\/rfk-jr-secret-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>withhold Secret Service protection<\/a> from the independent candidate, a move the Kennedy campaign claims is based on political animosity, Kennedy soldiers on with his bid for the White House.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters hold signs during a campaign event for Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in March 2024 after he announced Nicole Shanahan as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop\/\" title=\"Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis becoming major voice for GOP\">vice presidential pick<\/a>. (AP Photo\/Eric Risberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus far, the Kennedy campaign is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy24.com\/indiana_counties_certify_kennedy_signatures_ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on the ballot<\/a> in 10 states: California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah. It has submitted the necessary number of signatures for ballot access in 14 more states, although the states have yet to confirm ballot access. Meanwhile, the campaign said it has collected enough signatures for ballot access in 5 additional states: Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, and New Hampshire.<\/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>In all, the Kennedy campaign claims it has collected the signatures needed for ballot access in\u00a029 states,\u00a0totaling\u00a0390 electoral votes,\u00a072% of the 538 total electoral votes nationwide. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Kennedy\u2019s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1687496\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1687496\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is offering himself as a potential replacement for President Joe Biden as Democrats worry about Biden&#8217;s chances for reelection. Kennedy, who left the Democratic Party last year to run as an independent candidate for president, believes he is the only candidate who can defeat Donald Trump. He has expressed willingness to step in if the Democratic Party calls him, stating that his phone number is readily available online. Recent polls have shown Kennedy performing well against Trump in a potential race for the White House. Despite facing challenges as an independent candidate, Kennedy&#8217;s campaign has made progress in getting on the ballot in multiple states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2293463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RFK-Jr.-and-Wife.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33293,34816,3685,32458,32076],"class_list":["post-2293462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-replacement","tag-contact-number","tag-democrats","tag-rfk-jr","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RFK-Jr.-and-Wife.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293462","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}