RFK Jr. is going down the tubes

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You may remember I was an early supporter because of his stand on COVID. He was correct. But, other than that, it didn't smell right. Now, it seems a lot of people agree and his popularity has pretty much collapsed.

According to polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight, Kennedy, the son of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, has seen his favorability rating decline from 42.1 percent on June 4, 2023, to 35.3 percent on June 4, 2024. It's a change from a net score of +15.5 percent favorable to -6.6 percent unfavorable in 12

Now he says: "The Democratic Party is trying to eliminate me by making it impossible for me to get on all the ballots. I don't think that's democratic," he said. "I grew up in the Democratic Party, and I was trying to get as many Americans as possible enfranchised to vote, get them legally to vote. And now the Democratic Party is trying to disenfranchise voters and try to push candidates off with legal actions in the courtroom rather than the ballot box.

"Let's say they succeed in doing that. What kind of country are we left with? We're left with a country where half the people are deeply embittered and angry and feeling like they've been screwed. I don't think that's good for our country."