{"id":106798,"date":"2024-08-15T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/rfk-jr-says-he-has-no-plans-to-endorse-harris-after-he-recently-tried-to-set-up-meeting-with-her\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:04:37","slug":"rfk-jr-says-he-has-no-plans-to-endorse-harris-after-he-recently-tried-to-set-up-meeting-with-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/rfk-jr-says-he-has-no-plans-to-endorse-harris-after-he-recently-tried-to-set-up-meeting-with-her\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. says he has ‘no plans to endorse’ Harris after he recently tried to set up meeting with her"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center on July 26, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jon Cherry\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently sought a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to multiple people familiar with the outreach.<\/p>\n

Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Kennedy\u2019s campaign manager, told ABC News that she and Kennedy reached out to the Harris team but have yet to hear back.<\/p>\n

The outreach was the latest in a monthslong and fruitless effort by the Kennedy campaign to speak with top Democrats, including President Joe Biden when he sat atop the Democratic ticket, Fox Kennedy told ABC.<\/p>\n

However, the most recent attempts to meet with Harris appear to have carried extra meaning: the Washington Post<\/em> reported Wednesday that Kennedy wanted to discuss the possibility of serving in Harris’ cabinet in exchange for an endorsement to help her over the finish line this fall.<\/p>\n

Fox Kennedy did not dispute the details of the story and told ABC News, “Bobby has always been willing to meet with both parties to discuss the possibility of a unity government.”<\/p>\n

However, on Thursday morning, Kennedy posted on X that he has “no plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do have plans to defeat her,\u201d he added at the end of a post that included specific criticisms of Harris and the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Democrats on Wednesday all but dismissed the possibility of working out a deal with Kennedy, whose poll numbers have steadily dipped throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

“No one has any intention of negotiating with a MAGA-funded fringe candidate who has sought out a job with Donald Trump in exchange for an endorsement,” said Lis Smith, an advisor to the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n

Kennedy has met multiple times with Republican nominee Donald Trump, including an in-person meeting in Milwaukee last month where the men discussed possible roles for Kennedy in a Trump administration, as ABC News previously reported.<\/p>\n

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