RFK Jr. to announce VP pick later this month



Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slated to announce his running mate at an event on March 26.

"On Tuesday March 26th, in Oakland, California, I will announce the partner that I've chosen to help lead America into a brighter vision of peace, prosperity and unity," Kennedy tweeted on Wednesday.

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The New York Times reported that Kennedy confirmed Tuesday that Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura top his list.

The outlet reported that Kennedy noted he has been talking with Rodgers "pretty continuously" during the past month and had been in communication with Ventura since Ventura introduced him at a February event in Arizona.

The New York Times reported that Ventura's son Tyrel noted in a Tuesday email, "No one has officially asked Gov. Ventura to be a vice-presidential candidate so the governor does not comment on speculation."

"Hiking with @AaronRodgers12 and his amazing Achilles," Kennedy wrote in a tweet last month when sharing a photo of himself with Rodgers, an NFL player who experienced a complete tear of an Achilles tendon last year.

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"I support ALL 3rd Party and Independent candidates running for U.S. President this year, from @CornelWest to @DrJillStein to @RobertKennedyJr and everyone else not running under the Democrat and Republican Party banner," Ventura, a former Minnesota governor, tweeted last month.

"We must end the duopoly of Republican and Democrat control in Washington. Electing a third party or independent candidate for President would be a major kickstart to that process but in order to do that you have to have ballot access. That is why this Monday, February 5th at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, AZ I'll be introducing @RobertKennedyJr at a voter rally to get him on the ballot," Ventura noted.

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Last year, Kennedy launched a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination but later switched to an independent run. In the 2024 presidential contest, he likely has little chance of defeating former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Trump is the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, while Biden is the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.

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Jill Stein announces presidential bid then says Biden is 'complicit' in Palestinian 'genocide,' compares it to Holocaust



Green Party nominee for 2016, Jill Stein, announced her bid for the 2024 presidential election before calling for investigations into "war crimes" by the Israeli government while claiming President Biden has been complicit in a genocide against Palestine.

"The political system is broken. Over 60% of us now say the two-party establishment has failed us and we need a party that serves the people. I’m running for President to offer a better choice for the people," Stein said in a post on X.

"Both parties are a danger to our democracy," she continued. "Expanding censorship, criminalizing protest ... rigged their primaries," she went on.

The political system is broken. Over 60% of us now say the two-party establishment has failed us and we need a party that serves the people.

I’m running for President to offer a better choice for the people. Join us!https://t.co/sjGXNNSnmK pic.twitter.com/QkrugPGadb
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) November 9, 2023

Less than two hours later, Stein posted a different video saying that there was a "massacre" of Palestinians underway, describing "war crimes" by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that have "reached genocidal proportions."

"President Biden and bipartisan leaders are not only complicit, they are full partners in Netanyahu's war crimes," she added.

After calling for an investigation into Biden's role in the war, Stein then compared the conflict to the Holocaust.

"As a Jew who grew up just after the holocaust, with relatives who fled pogroms, and a grandfather named Israel, I take 'never again' seriously, and that means never again for anyone."

I want to speak to the massacre now taking place before our eyes in Gaza.

We call for an investigation of the Netanyahu regime’s war crimes as well as the role of Biden and US leaders in aiding and abetting them. And above all, these crimes must stop now.#Gaza #CeasefireNOW pic.twitter.com/iOoUtwwpdO
— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) November 9, 2023

Stein famously raised approximately $7 million for a recount in three states (WI, PA, MI) after the 2016 presidential election. The efforts were backed by the Hillary Clinton campaign, but the recount was withdrawn weeks later by Stein.

“We do not have a voting system we can trust, and the recount was essentially stopped in its tracks,” Stein said at the time.

Only Wisconsin was recounted and resulted in the addition of 131 votes to President Trump's victory in that state.

"We'll put a pro-worker, anti-war, climate emergency agenda front and center in this election and on the ballot in November," Stein's campaign website read.

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