Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he ‘hopes’ Woody Harrelson is now supporting his 2024 campaign
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday that he ‘hoped’ actor Woody Harrelson was now supporting his 2024 White House bid and ruled out being former President Donald Trump‘s running mate during his appearance at the Iowa State Fair.
Kennedy and fellow presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson were the two Democrats to attend the fair this year, scheduled back-to-back at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox Saturday afternoon.
With President Joe Biden in the White House – and skipping the fair for Rehoboth Beach – much of the political attention at the fair was on the Republicans vying for their party’s nomination.
But Kennedy’s speech, in particular, attracted throngs of supporters of Trump – who had spoken across the street earlier – with calls of ‘Trump-Kennedy!’ and ‘Drain the swamp!’
Kennedy, an environmental lawyer turned prominent anti-vaxxer, told reporters afterward that he ‘would not’ become Trump’s running mate.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday that he ‘hoped’ actor Woody Harrelson was now supporting his 2024 White House bid and ruled out being former President Donald Trump’s running mate during his appearance at the Iowa State Fair
On Friday, Kennedy’s wife Cheryl Hines (right) posted a picture with actor Woody Harrelson (left), with Harrelson sporting a ‘Kennedy’ hat, suggesting he supported the prominent anti-vaxxer’s presidential campaign
He was more optimistic, however, about gaining some more star power.
Kennedy is married to actress Cheryl Hines, from Curb Your Enthusiasm fame.
On Friday she posted a picture with Harrelson – and he was sporting a Kennedy hat.
Asked by DailyMail.com Saturday if he had gained another famous supporter the candidate answered, ‘I hope so.’
‘My wife did a podcast with him. And she gave him a hat at the beginning of the podcast and she said, “Well, do you want to take it off now that we’re doing it?” He said no, so,’ Kennedy said.
‘You know, he’s very hard to get on a cell phone,’ Kennedy also said of Harrelson. ‘Because he doesn’t use cell phones.’
Both Kennedy and Williamson have the disadvantage of another Democrat already residing in the White House.
Half of all Trump voters in Iowa think RFK Jr would make a good VP pick, according to a poll for DailyMail.com that surveyed 600 likely caucus-goers
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson confirmed that the Democratic National Committee has told her there would be no primary debates against President Joe Biden, but said she’s having success reaching some voters using TikTok
Williamson confirmed Saturday that the Democratic National Committee has informed her campaign that there will be no Democratic primary debates, which is standard practice when there’s an incumbent president running.
She said that while she’s being ignored by many mainstream media outlets she’s been having success on TikTok, which is why her strongest numbers come from the country’s youngest voters.
‘They support me because they hear me,’ she said. ‘And they hear me because they’re on TikTok.’
‘So if you’re young, I have access to you and it doesn’t cost money,’ she continued. ‘If you’re older than that you’re likely getting your political information from MSNBC, CNN and so on,’ she said, places she’s been ‘blackballed.’
Biden was represented at the fair on opening day by Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who appeared Thursday alongside Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart.
Walz expressed that he wasn’t disappointed that Biden wouldn’t be attending this year’s fair.
‘I think the president is out everywhere. I know, Vice President Harris was here two weeks ago, I think you’re gonna see a lot of surrogates,’ he said.
He gave a frank ‘no’ when asked if was concerned that Kennedy and Williamson would be representing the party at the fair.
‘We’ve got some concerns about the fact that Robert Kennedy Jr. made some anti-Semitic comments,’ Hart said, jumping in.
Kennedy at one point invoked Anne Frank and implied Jews had more freedoms during the Holocaust than the unvaccinated during the pandemic.
He more recently said COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ so spare Jewish people and the Chinese.
‘But, you know, again Iowa is very proud of the tradition of the state fair and is welcoming to all,’ Hart said.