He used to enjoy a certain prestige here among our antivax contingent, but I’m pleased to see that DU has largely recognized him as the purveyor of bullshit that he is.

his goal is to deter the younger voters, which will not work and puts him with shithole.

I wish he would listen to his family and not do this. But he has an ego and a lot of $$$, so he is being Ross Perot ...

that he is running just to help Trump.

His own huge family isn’t voting for him. That’s very telling to a lot of people.

He’ll mostly get the anti-vax loons and most of them are right wingers.

Seems to go more towards supporters of tfg.
Won’t remarks like that, take a few voters away from tfg?

But the TikTok ban legislation is a stupid move. Very short-sighted.

Considering national securoty, maybe not so much.

He's not trying to get rid of TikTok anyway. He just wants TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to divest their U.S. assets, because of what many think are legitimate concerns about national security.

Is it politically popular? Of course not. That doesn't necessarily mean it's stupid.

And I am one of the many you mention.

National security is serious business. I think all of us here at DU have been very upset about Trump endangering our national security. Why anyone here would wave away TikTok as being of no concern is beyond me.

They see it as tomething fun and light hearted and nothing more. And that despite all the publicity about dat being stolen through all social netwotking sites. I know, you get it and I get it, but some just don't. Or they think it won't happen to them.

Plus, Biden wasn't even president during the time Trump was promoting things like Ivermectin.

The guy is delusional.

In the end, I'm betting the mouth wins.

RFK, Jr.?

i.e. see:

https://www.usatoday.com/elections/voter-guide/2024-11-05/candidate/robert-f-kennedy

environmentalism, pro-union, $15 minimum wage, expanded free childcare, police emphasis on de-escalation, etc.

What has he done in the last 10 years that has proven that "socially left" crap they are trying to spew?

What bills has he voted YES on in Congress that furthers that?

In 2017, he almost accepted a position in Dumpy's Admin.

Currently, he is very anti-vax and makes false claims to that effect.

EDIT:

Oh, and "not too old"? Dude is 70 years old.

But hey, 81 years is "too old" ?

GMAFB.

And yes, to people who think 81 is too old, 70 can be more acceptable. Eleven years is not an insignificant difference. A 70-year old could coplete two terms and still be younger than Biden is today. It's also a perception thing... if you watch him, he seems substantially younger than Biden.

And if you don't like USA Today, fine, pick your source. He is consistently lefty on numerous social issues, particularly economic and environmental policy,. (Obviously, all bets are off when you get to the vaccine lunacy.)

Look, I'm not defending him, I'm certainly not going to vote for him. But the question was why someone might. Don't shoot the messenger.

He was acting like he was the left progressive to the young until they found out he was not for a cease fire in Gaza and for Nutty ahoo.

RFK Jr should know this as his antivax rhetoric caused the deaths of several children in American Samoa.

They both have the dumbest supporters susceptible to manipulation and paranoia.

They can both go to hell

...we're all a little saner and safer, without constant threats of violence and revolution all because someone online didn't like vaccines or free elections. "Deplatforming" even rid of us of losers like "Roosh V" who finally had to grow up and get a job once the MRA/PUA gravy train came to a dead end. (He's also an admitted sex tourist/rapist, so it put an end to that as well). I for one am glad for the weeping and gnashing of teeth of incels and fascists the world over now that they don't have an easy platform to watch the world burn--and to contribute to the conflagration.

That's rhetorical, BTW. He's not the sort to hide his light under a bushel.

-- Mal

He’s mentally ill. There’s a great deal of untreated mental illness in our nation, and we should use examples like rfk and tfg to point this out endlessly.

:RFK, Jr. says a lot of really stupid things. Intelligent people know not to listen."

I ran into quite a few MAGA crazies at different events I attended, but the anti vax folks were the most outrageous. They worked closely together to interrupt and cause distractions where ever the Democratic Party of Georgia had meetings. This was my very first encounter with these folks and I had never realized how brainwashed these people are. I would say at least 90% of them were Trump voters.

Fewer suckers this time, though.

since he started his Gaslit Shit Against Our Dem Party.

We should probably be trying to understand why he is attracting an audience..

except for the looney anti-vax stuff. The rest is pretty typical democratic platform stuff. He just thinks the country needs a younger alternative, similar to Nicki Haley's reasons for running.

But the parties have been very clear about who their candidates are, so I don't see the point for him now. I think it's just his ego refusing to give in.

Stupid people have stupidly bought our stupid media's stupid lies about Biden being so old and feckless.

Now figure out how to get the stupid to stop.

Good luck.

Isn't merely a threat to democracy, but a threat to all living beings on the planet.

He's a genocidal scumbag.

Did any reporter bother to ask him, "In what way?"

Enough with the fucking psycho's in this world! The only reporting I care to see regarding RFK, Jr. now is that someone beat the ever-loving-shit out of him!
Fuck that scumbag!