Trump Mocks Biden for Not Wanting RFK Jr. in the Debates — Then Argues Against RFK Jr. Being in the Debates
Former President Donald Trump mocked President Joe Biden for not wanting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to participate in the upcoming presidential debates. And then, in the very same social media post, Trump argued against RFK Jr. participating in the debates.
In an absolute journey of a Truth Social post Thursday morning, Trump needled Biden for requesting one-on-one debates — excluding RFK Jr. from the proceedings.
“Crooked Joe Biden does not want RFK Jr. in the debates because Junior’ is far left him (sic) and they would be debating over the same territory, like ridiculous Open Borders and the Green New Scam, both of which are killing our Country,” Trump wrote. “He’s also sharper and far more intelligent than Joe, all making for a bad combination of ingredients.”
But then, Trump himself argued against RFK Jr. being allowed to join the June 27 and Sept. 10 events.
“I don’t care if Junios’ (sic) joins the Debate, but right now his polling numbers are very low, he is not properly qualified in the States, and he seems to be on a downward path,” Trump wrote. “Junior’ needs more than his name to get on the ‘stage!'”
According to the criteria set forth by CNN, RFK Jr. must reach the 15 percent threshold in four major national polls in order to qualify. (He is currently pulling in 12 percent, according to Real Clear Politics, which averages all recent major polls.) RFK would also have to secure ballot access in enough states to earn 270 electoral votes. As of now, he is only on the ballot in five states — though his campaign claims they have enough signatures to qualify for several more.
In a post to X/Twitter Wednesday after the debates were announced, RFK Jr. accused Trump and Biden of “colluding” to keep him off the stage.
“Presidents Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that 70% say they do not want,” RFK Jr. wrote. “They are trying to exclude me from their debate because they are afraid I would win. Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy.”
