Robert F. Kennedy Jr.responded to . Trump-Biden Debate His campaign called the live debate Thursday night “the real debate.”
cnn Excluding RFK Jr. In the debate, it was decided that he did not meet criteria, including the voting threshold and appearing on a sufficient number of state ballots. be elected president. Kennedy and his team argued that former President Donald Trump and President Biden are not yet on the ballot because the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention have not yet been held.
Kennedy’s campaign filed a complaint Last month, the Federal Election Commission accused CNN, Biden, Trump and their campaigns of violating federal election laws.
“CNN made prohibited corporate contributions to both campaigns, and both the Biden Committee and the Trump Committee accepted these prohibited corporate contributions,” the complaint says.
Kennedy’s responses were streamed on “X” and TheRealDebate.com from a Los Angeles studio. John Stossel, who previously worked for ABC News and Fox News, served as moderator during the solo appearance.
A CNN debate was shown during the event, but was later paused. Biden and Trump Respond We provide answers to specific questions so that Kennedy can answer them.
Kennedy criticized Biden and Trump for the first two questions the CNN hosts posed Thursday night — inflation and the national deficit — and also criticized both men’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the shutdown of businesses.
On border security issues, Kennedy said Trump was “more right” than Biden, but on foreign policy he again offered strong criticism of both candidates. President Trump claimed that President Biden allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, but Kennedy pointed out that President Trump transferred weapons to Ukraine and broke the nuclear treaty with Russia during his presidency.
“Both men are equally responsible for the provocations that led to this war,” Kennedy said, adding that he was “not excusing” Putin, who should never have invaded Ukraine in the first place.
Kennedy also pledged to support Israel in its fight against Hamas and its Iranian-backed proxies.
Kennedy stressed the importance of financing Social Security: “It would be absurd if the Government of the United States did not hold itself fully faithful and creditable to pay its obligations.”
Unlike the Trump-Biden debate, Kennedy’s appearance drew a large audience.
In a video posted to Twitter earlier this week, one of Kennedy’s sons described his father’s debate plans, saying Kennedy would “put the other two candidates in there, let them say what they’re saying live on air, and then give Dad a chance to respond live on air.”
CBS News covered the Biden-Trump debate live.
