M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about a flip-flop in Democrats’ approach to Robert F, Kennedy Jr. as a presidential candidate.
It’s curious. The same Democratic Party that has feverishly tried to keep leftist third-party presidential candidates off November’s ballot is now fighting like hell to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on.
On Tuesday, elections officials in two critical swing states — Michigan and Wisconsin decreed that the Kennedy family scion who last week suspended his independent run and endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will remain on November’s ballot. He may face similar problems in other battleground states, such as Nevada and North Carolina. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a hyper-partisan Democrat, said Kennedy must remain on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
“Minor party candidates cannot withdraw, so his name will remain on the ballot,” Benson spokeswoman Cheri Hardmon told the Detroit News in an email.
Kennedy was running under the banner of the Natural Law Party in Michigan.
The third-party candidate quickly acted in asking several states to take his name out of the running. Michigan just as quickly said no, with Benson asserting that the timing in state presidential elector law doesn’t allow for the Natural Law Party to remove Kennedy. The small political party has already held its convention to elect its electors, Hardmon told the Detroit publication.
“They cannot meet at this point to select new electors since it’s past the primary,” she said.
Benson’s strict interpretation of Michigan elector law might have something to do with the fact that polls — including Kennedy campaign internal polling — show RFK Jr.’s presence on the presidential ballot would drain more votes from Republican Trump than Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s freshly minted presidential candidate.
Benson, an extreme liberal in a state governed by extreme liberals, has repeatedly been caught abusing and manipulating Michigan election law. She pushed her political agenda in trying to remove leftist third-party presidential candidate Cornel West from Michigan’s November ballot.
