{"id":2296125,"date":"2024-07-16T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-call-with-rfk-jr-leaks-and-causes-panic-in-kennedy-campaign-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:01:37","slug":"leaked-phone-call-between-trump-and-rfk-jr-sparks-panic-in-kennedy-campaign-washington-examiner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-phone-call-between-trump-and-rfk-jr-sparks-panic-in-kennedy-campaign-washington-examiner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked phone call between Trump and RFK Jr. sparks panic in Kennedy campaign &#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\">32<\/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%2Fleaked-phone-call-between-trump-and-rfk-jr-sparks-panic-in-kennedy-campaign-washington-examiner-3%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=2296125&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 article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-admin-repeatedly-refuses-to-answer-questions-on-iranian-official-revealing-john-kerry-sold-out-israel\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Admin Repeatedly Refuses To Answer Questions On Iranian Official Revealing John Kerry Sold Out Israel\">leaked phone call<\/a> between former President Donald Trump \u200band Robert F. \u200cKennedy \u2062Jr., in which Trump made controversial statements about childhood vaccines. \u2063Kennedy&#8217;s son posted a video\u2064 of the call but later deleted \u200cit, apologizing for the incident. The conversation between Trump and Kennedy Jr. raised\u2064 questions \u200babout a possible collaboration between the\u2062 two, with rumors suggesting\u2062 Kennedy Jr. could drop \u200bout of the race and endorse Trump. Trump&#8217;s remarks \u2063in\u200d the call may impact the relationship between the\u200c candidates moving forward.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\">Trump call with RFK Jr. leaks and causes panic in Kennedy campaign<\/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\/rokeefe\/\">Ross O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-16T11:29:32-04:00\">July 16, 2024 11:29 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1704064\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> phone call to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> was leaked by his son, causing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"presidential candidate\">presidential candidate<\/a> to say he was &ldquo;mortified&rdquo; that a video of the call was posted, which was then later deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy posted on X: &ldquo;When President Trump called me I was taping&nbsp;with an in-house videographer. I should have ordered the videographer&nbsp;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-phone-call-between-trump-and-rfk-jr-sparks-panic-in-kennedy-campaign-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Leaked phone call between Trump and RFK Jr. sparks panic in Kennedy campaign - Washington Examiner\">stop recording immediately<\/a>. I am mortified that this was posted. I apologize to the president.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s son, Bobby Kennedy III, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbykennedyx\/status\/1813197337252299035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cryptically<\/a> said he &ldquo;removed last one for mistaking sarcasm for real life.&rdquo; In his original post, he said that he&rsquo;s &ldquo;a firm believer that these sorts of conversations should be had in public&rdquo; and that the conversation was about &ldquo;Trump giving his real opinion to my dad about vaccinating kids.&rdquo;<\/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\">Whoops. Seems like RFK Jr.&#8217;s son posted and has since deleted video of a call between RFK Jr. and Trump after the shooting. In the video Trump repeats his old (false) claims about childhood vaccines, suggesting the vaccine schedule causes injuries in babies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K4RWXfoudS\">https:\/\/t.co\/K4RWXfoudS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KZcSBVtxWE\">pic.twitter.com\/KZcSBVtxWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandyZadrozny\/status\/1813209018048884747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 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>In the video, Kennedy Jr. is seen listening to Trump talk about vaccines on the phone, saying he wants &ldquo;to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-phone-call-between-trump-and-rfk-jr-sparks-panic-in-kennedy-campaign-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"Leaked phone call between Trump and RFK Jr. sparks panic in Kennedy campaign - Washington Examiner\">small doses&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for children&rsquo;s vaccines to prevent babies from changing &ldquo;radically.&rdquo; The older Kennedy is known to be skeptical of vaccines as well.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the call, Trump says: &ldquo;I would love you to do so. I think it would be so good for you and so big for you, and we&rsquo;re going to win.&rdquo; Kennedy Jr. replies, &ldquo;Yeah,&rdquo; as Trump says, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re way ahead of the guy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unknown specifically what they were talking about, but there were rumors that Kennedy Jr. and Trump could have formed a unity ticket before the former president chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate. It&rsquo;s possible, though, that Kennedy Jr. could drop out and endorse Trump, especially if he&rsquo;s promised a spot in his Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments will likely fuel speculation as the candidates appeared to grow closer as the former president called for Kennedy Jr. to receive Secret Service protection, something he had lacked since becoming a candidate &mdash; a request that was then granted by President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump then talks about how someone called him and asked him why he moved his head to the right, and the former president explained he was viewing a chart on immigration. He then talked about the bullet hitting his ear, saying it sounded like &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s largest mosquito.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The clip finishes with Trump saying, &ldquo;What do they call that, an AR-15 or something? That was a big gun. Those are pretty tough guns,&rdquo; referencing the shooter&rsquo;s weapon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The older Kennedy acknowledged his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1812942322671448363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>meeting<\/a> with Trump on Monday, saying the topic was on national unity but that he was &ldquo;not dropping out of the race.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s unknown if that was a separate meeting from the call.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump and Kennedy campaigns but did not receive a response.<\/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_1704064\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1704064\"}});<\/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><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leaked phone call between former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. caused panic in the Kennedy campaign. Kennedy expressed regret over the video of the call being posted and later deleted. Trump made controversial comments about vaccines during the call, suggesting small doses for children. There were rumors of a potential alliance between Kennedy Jr. and Trump, but Kennedy Jr. denied dropping out of the race. The conversation has fueled speculation about their relationship and potential future collaborations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2296126,"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\/04\/MixCollage-27-Apr-2024-08-28-AM-6966-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35207,32458,3634],"class_list":["post-2296125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-phone-call","tag-rfk-jr","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-27-Apr-2024-08-28-AM-6966-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296125","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}