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In another shocking twist in the upcoming presidential election, it seems the race may reshape itself once again following a surprising comment from a top member of the Kennedy campaign.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, suggested that their campaign has been mulling over whether to drop out from the race and formally endorse President Donald Trump.
According to Shanahan, staying in the race would “run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency.”
“There’s two options that we’re looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because we draw more votes away from Trump,” Shanahan said during an episode of the Impact Theory podcast, which aired Thursday.
She continued, “Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump, and explain to our base why we’re making this decision.”
“Is the risk of a Harris-Walz presidency worth us staying in?” she asked the podcast host Tom Bilyeu.
While discussing accusations of Kennedy being a “spoiler candidate,” Shanahan argued that she has put “tens of millions of dollars” into their campaign to win the White House.
“We didn’t want to be a spoiler,” she said. “We wanted to win. We wanted a fair shot.”
Shanahan said that running a fair campaign has been difficult because of the Democratic National Committee’s supposed sabotage, adding that, as a former Democratic Party donor, she is “so disappointed” for donating to the party in the past.
“They have banned us, shadow-banned us, kept us off stages, manipulated polls, used lawfare against us, sued us in every possible state, they’ve even planted insiders into our campaign to disrupt it and to create actual legal issues for us,” she said.
Shanahan further added that the campaign has been “taking a very serious look at making sure that the people that have corrupted our fair and free democracy do not end up in office.”
The comments come shortly after a report suggested that the Kennedy campaign was seeking a deal with Harris about their dropping out in exchange for a cabinet position, which Kennedy himself denied, according to Just the News.
Kennedy dropping out to join forces with Trump could have a serious effect on the presidential race. Real Clear Politics showed the Independent earning an average of 4.5 percent nationwide, with the 45th president at 44.8 percent to 46.4 percent for Kamala Harris.
Kennedy aligning with Trump could help throw the race more in favor of Republicans, and hurt the chances of Harris becoming president in November.
