Sen. Kennedy claims Biden wants Trump to be GOP nominee: ‘Only person’ he can beat
Julia Johnson
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said President Joe Biden wants former President Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee for president in 2024 because “he thinks President Trump is the only person he can beat.”
On Fox and Friends on Wednesday morning, he told the hosts, “I think some Americans are drawing this conclusion that President Biden and President Trump have a co-dependency.” The senator claimed they both want to face each other because they consider one another the easiest rivals to defeat.
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Kennedy said that if “time froze,” Trump and Biden would be the nominees and that “I think it would be a very close race.”
But, he pointed out, “Time is not frozen. We’ll wait to see. I trust the American people, and I will live with whomever they choose.”
He also said, “I think the Justice Department is going to do, at the senior level, whatever they can to make sure President Trump is the nominee. That is who President Biden wants.”
Kennedy opted not to endorse one of the 2024 primary candidates, however. “I will wait to see what happens like everybody else,” he said.
Trump currently enjoys the support of more than half of likely Republican primary voters nationally, 55%, according to Morning Consult. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is in second place, with 20%, while other competitors remain in the single digits.
The former president has pointed to his large lead over other candidates to justify his possible absence from the Aug. 23 Republican National Committee primary debate.
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However, a new poll of the pivotal early primary state New Hampshire shows a much closer fight for the nomination, with Trump’s standing slipping 5 points since April. This drop allowed DeSantis to get within 14 points of Trump.
GOP strategists also predicted that Trump could face trouble in the early caucus state of Iowa after he attacked popular Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) and skipped attending an evangelical conference in the state. Pro-DeSantis PAC Never Back Down is hoping to capitalize on these decisions by Trump, launching an ad campaign in Iowa focused on his attack on Reynolds.