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RFK Jr. could drop out of presidential race, endorse Trump this Friday, reports suggest
From LifeSiteNews
By Stephen Kokx
The Independent candidate might be considering an alliance with the Republican candidate to stop the Democrats.
Unconfirmed reports suggest Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will drop out of the race and endorse Donald Trump this week.
Kennedy press secretary Stefanie Spear announced on social media that he will be making a major announcement on Friday in Phoenix, Arizona on the state of his campaign.
Independent Presidential Candidate @RobertKennedyJr will address the nation live on Friday about the present historical moment and his path forward. 🇺🇸https://t.co/i8gVV96xYW
— Stefanie Spear (@StefanieSpear) August 21, 2024
ABC News is claiming that Kennedy will withdraw from the race.
The probability that Kennedy will endorse Trump seems likely given that his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, an attorney and tech executive who was previously married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has publicly spoken about the possibility on multiple occasions in recent days.
During an appearance on the Impact Theory podcast Tuesday, Shanahan said their campaign faces two options. One is to stay in the race and “run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump” or “we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump.”
🚨BREAKING: RFK Jr.’s VP, Nicole Shanahan, says their campaign is considering joining forces with Trump to prevent a Harris/Walz administration.
RFK endorsing Trump is the natural move. They both are sworn enemies of the CIA, FBI, and the military machine.
RFK can help a lot… pic.twitter.com/KRdoT9y9j9
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 20, 2024
Shanahan also appeared on Fox News, where she blamed Democrats for placing hurdles in the way of their bid for the White House.
“I have to say there’s only one party that has obstructed a fair election for us. And, unfortunately, it was the Democratic Party. They’ve done everything they can, including creating PACs, to prevent us from being able to have ballot access,” she said.
Trump has had 6 court battles to fight during this election, while we have 9 and counting across the country. By bringing these suits against political opponents, the Democrats bankrupt the underpinnings of democracy. What the Democrats consider common course to win elections is… pic.twitter.com/VrGWO9MH7k
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) August 21, 2024
One of the PACs Shanahan singled out on her X account is Clear Choice PAC, which she claimed is funded by Democratic mega donors Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman.
Clear Choice PAC—the most undemocratic, anti-American PAC in the game—has been suing our campaign in nearly every major jurisdiction with frivolous lawsuits to get us removed from the ballots. Seventy-one percent of Americans want a viable third-party choice. The American public,…
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) August 20, 2024
Rumors that Kennedy has been considering suspending his campaign have ratcheted up in recent weeks, especially after a video of him speaking with Trump after his assassination attempt was leaked on the internet.
Audio showed Trump talking to Kennedy about the dangers of giving children too many vaccines. He also said he would “love” for Kennedy to “do something” with Trump’s campaign.
Trump also praised Kennedy during an impromptu interview with CNN this week while campaigning in Michigan.
“I would love that endorsement because I’ve always liked him … I respect him a lot,” Trump said. “I probably would (make him part of my administration) if something like that would happen.”
BREAKING: Donald Trump to consider RFK Jr. for position in administration upon his endorsement. pic.twitter.com/WXBVuGB41f
— Dominic Michael Tripi (@DMichaelTripi) August 20, 2024
Last week, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Kennedy wanted to set up a meeting with Harris to discuss a potential Cabinet role in exchange for his endorsement. Kennedy has denied those claims, saying in an X post that Harris’ team is “riddled with neocon warmongers” and that her Democratic Party is “the Party of Big Tech, Big Pharma and Wall Street.”
VP Harris’s Democratic Party would be unrecognizable to my father and uncle and I cannot reconcile it with my values.
The Democratic Party of RFK and JFK was the party of civil liberties and free speech. VP Harris‘s is the party of censorship, lockdowns, and medical coercion.…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 15, 2024
Donald Trump Jr. told radio show host Glenn Beck that he “hopes” Kennedy will endorse his father and that he “love(s) the idea of giving him some sort of role in a three-letter agency and letting him blow it up.”
.@DonaldJTrumpJr tells me he’s all for letting @RobertKennedyJr join the Trump administration if he endorses Trump: “I love the idea of giving him some sort of role in a 3-letter agency and letting him blow it up.” pic.twitter.com/EWn9tOqzug
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) August 21, 2024
Trump and Kennedy’s on-again, off-again relationship has taken several turns since Kennedy first visited him in Trump Tower after he won the presidency in 2016. Many medical freedom activists hoped Kennedy would play a major role in Trump’s first term given that Kennedy told the press that Trump wanted to have him lead a committee looking into the safety of childhood vaccines. In April 2024, Trump called Kennedy’s stance on vaccines “fake.”
Kennedy has been endorsed by podcaster Joe Rogan, NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and Catholic actor Rob Schneider, among others. A self-described “pro-choice” Catholic, Kennedy has said that he supports “restrictions on abortion” but only in “the final months of pregnancy.”
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Second Wave Of Blasts Sweep Through Lebanon As Hezbollah Walkie-Talkies Suddenly Explode
From the Daily Caller News Foundation
By Jake Smith
A second wave of blasts swept through Lebanon on Wednesday as more communication devices used by Hezbollah suddenly exploded, according to several reports.
Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah terrorists abruptly exploded in southern Lebanon and the country’s capital of Beirut on Wednesday, according to Reuters. It marks yet another blow to Hezbollah, which the day prior had a large number of its terrorist fighters’ pager devices abruptly explode, causing thousands of injuries.
The devices that detonated on Wednesday appeared to be walkie-talkie devices rather than pagers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The exact size and scope of the attack are still unclear, but at least nine people have been killed and 300 have been injured, The Associated Press reported.
A #Hezbollah walkie talkie explodes at a funeral today in #Lebanon after yesterday’s exploding Hezbollah pagers. pic.twitter.com/b8TIfUUBKq
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) September 18, 2024
Israel is believed to be behind the coordinated and remote attack on Tuesday, though that has not been confirmed by the Israeli or U.S. governments, according to multiple reports. Explosive devices were reportedly planted into the pagers before they made their way out of a supply and manufacturing chain — which initially was suspected to be in Taiwan — and were shipped to Hezbollah in recent months, according to American and other officials who spoke to The New York Times.
The Taiwanese company in question has denied that it produced the pagers, saying that they were manufactured under license by a company based in Hungary, according to Reuters.
The walkie-talkies that detonated on Wednesday were reportedly also shipped to Hezbollah in recent months, a security source told Reuters.
Significant damage appears to have been made to a motorcycle after a Hezbollah radio exploded. pic.twitter.com/57JfoWDmaQ
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 18, 2024
The official Lebanese news agency also reported that a number of home solar energy systems exploded in Beirut on Wednesday, though it’s unclear whether it was connected to the string of walkie-talkie detonations, according to multiple reports.
Hezbollah has frequently attacked Israel since Oct. 7, the date Hamas invaded Israel and killed roughly 1,200 people. The Hezbollah attacks have created a turbulent situation along the Israeli-Lebanese border and prompted Israeli forces to launch cross-border counterattacks.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reportedly told a U.S. envoy on Monday that the time for a diplomatic solution had “passed because Hezbollah continues to tie itself to Hamas and refuses to end the conflict,” according to Axios.
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Union Bigwigs Decline To Endorse Anyone For President Despite Rank-And-File Members Overwhelmingly Backing Trump
From the Daily Caller News Foundation
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday declined to make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election just hours after releasing internal polling data showing that the workers it represents strongly favor former President Donald Trump.
Among rank-and-file members of the major union, 59.6% surveyed said they believe the Teamsters should endorse Trump, compared to just 31% voicing support for Vice President Kamala Harris, a more than 25-point gap that remained more or less unchanged after the union ordered a subsequent survey after the Sept. 10 presidential debate. Despite the poll results, the union refused to make an endorsement as there was “no majority support” for Harris and a lack of “universal support” for Trump, it revealed on Wednesday.
A Teamsters spokesperson did not immediately clarify why the union had different standards for the two candidates.
“The Teamsters thank all candidates for meeting with members face-to-face during our unprecedented roundtables,” Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said. “Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before Big Business. We sought commitments from both Trump and Harris not to interfere in critical union campaigns or core Teamsters industries — and to honor our members’ right to strike — but were unable to secure those pledges.”
The union cited Trump’s refusal to commit to vetoing right-to-work legislation as part of its reasoning for not issuing an endorsement.
The Teamsters, which have historically supported Democrats and often donate to left-of-center causes, made an effort to court Republicans this election cycle. The union made a donation to the Republican National Committee, met with Trump, and O’Brien was even invited to speak at the Republican National Convention. Some on the right have resisted the union’s attempt to ingratiate itself among conservatives, like the Center for Union Facts which put up billboards outside the Republican National Convention calling the Teamsters “two-faced” over its history of liberal spending.
While Republicans were generally open to the Teamsters, the Democratic National Convention snubbed O’Brien by not allowing him to speak at the event, according to The Associated Press.
Harris is considerably less popular among rank-and-file Teamsters than President Joe Biden, who only trailed Trump by about 8 points in a survey ordered by the union prior to his withdrawal from the race. Union leadership met with Harris for a roundtable discussion on Monday, The Hill reported.
“We represent everybody from airline pilots and zookeepers, and we don’t just represent registered Democrats,” O’Brien said to reporters.
The Teamsters’ endorsement could have had a significant impact if it went to either candidate given the concentration of its members in the swing states of Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, according to Reuters.
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