Former Bill Clinton adviser Mark Penn has criticized the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for prioritizing attacks on third-party candidates over President Joe Biden’s dire improvement in approval ratings.
The DNC and Biden’s reelection team are working to counter third-party candidates, particularly Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom they see as a threat to the president’s reelection. Penn told Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” that because it’s difficult to predict the impact third-party candidates will have on the 2024 presidential election, the DNC is focusing instead on Biden’s performance. He insisted that it should be poured. (Related: Democrats launch latest attack to undermine another third-party candidate)
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“[Kennedy] Even though he’s breaking double digits and is an important and fairly well-liked replacement candidate, the impact seems pretty minimal… for him to start in double digits like this. “That’s a pretty surprising development,” Penn said.
Kennedy is vote Axios is better than any independent candidate since 1992. report.
“If I were the Democratic National Committee, I would be concerned about Biden being four or five points behind,” he added. “What is the campaign doing about the core issues – poor employment performance, inflation, immigration? Because no one will know until a strong third-party candidate is found. He’s a firecracker. He could launch like, and then explode like a firecracker and shoot straight down. It’s really unpredictable. One thing we do know is that his job rating was in the low 40s; They have a problem to make up for. And that’s what they should be focusing on. They pissed off RFK.”
The DNC will form a team in March to focus on communications strategies, opposition research and legal efforts to fight third-party and independent candidates in 2024, NBC reported. report. The committee is also establishing a group of lawyers to monitor how independent candidates seek access to the ballot, according to the New York Times.
Cornel West of the Justice Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party, and an unlabeled “unitary ticket” are gathering votes in states across the country.
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