‘What the Heck Is He Talking About?’ CNN’s Harry Enten Picks Apart RFK Jr.’s ‘No Spoiler Pledge’

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to turn the tables on talk as an election spoiler and attempted to make the case that President Joe Biden was the one who could spoil the 2024 election — but CNN contributor Harry Enten wasn’t buying it.

“What is he talking about?” was the question CNN’s Abby Phillip had for Enten, who broke down the numbers to inject some reality into Kennedy’s chutzpah-ridden proposal.

The theory came from statements Kennedy made at a campaign stop in New York on Wednesday, when he stated that he and Biden should enter into a “no spoiler pledge” — meaning, whoever can’t beat former President Donald Trump in October should drop out of the race. In a nutshell, if polls at the time show that Kennedy is beating Trump in a race excluding Biden, then Biden should drop out.

However, the numbers are not in Kennedy’s favor, as Enten explained during Phillip’s show on Wednesday:

Enten: Look, here’s the choice for president right now. We’re looking at an aggregate, a poll, and we see a close race between Donald Trump at 41%, Joe Biden, 40%, well within any margin of error. Where is RFK Jr.? He’s at 10% of the vote. Him calling on Joe Biden to potentially drop out of the race reminds me of when [Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)] named Carly Fiorina as his VP nominee back in 2016 when he was well on his way to losing the Republican nomination.

Phillip: Not to mention that this is a national snapshot, not even state-level polls. He’s not even on the ballot in a lot of states.

Enten: That’s exactly right. He’s not even on the ballot in a lot of states. And I will tell you in the states that he’s on the ballot, it’s not like he’s polling really far north of this 10%. And more than that, why would Joe Biden want to make a deal with RFK Jr. when you look at who RFK Jr’s supporters say are their second choice, right? Who is RFK Jr. helping by staying in the race? He is in fact helping Joe Biden because RFK Jr. voters say that their second choice is Donald Trump by a very clear margin here, 47% to 29% in a recent Quinnipiac University poll. And this matches a lot of the polling that we’ve seen where RFK Jr. supporters prefer Donald Trump to Joe Biden.

Phillip: Tells you everything you need to know, including why Donald Trump is the one who wants RFK to drop out of the race.

The Biden campaign has been watching Kennedy closely, but Trump has also been on the attack out of his own worries that Kennedy could be siphoning support from him.

Watch the video above via CNN.