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Shop NowRobert F. Kennedy Jr. may have just turned the entire presidential election on its ear.
Kennedy has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The suit claims that CNN, the host of the first debate, the Biden campaign, and the Trump campaign are in violation of campaign laws.
I Am Eligible
According to Kennedy, the network is hitting him with a different set of rules than it is using to allow Biden and Trump to participate.
His suit claimed, “By demanding our campaign meet different criteria to participate in the debate than Presidents Biden and Trump, CNN’s debate violates FEC law and is a large prohibited corporate contribution to both the Biden and Trump campaigns.
“CNN colluded with the Biden Committee and the Trump Committee to schedule and did schedule a debate with criteria that were designed to result in the selection of certain pre-chosen participants, namely Biden and Trump, in a clear breach of federal campaign finance law.
“The available evidence leads to the clear conclusion that CNN is making prohibited corporate contributions to both campaigns and the Biden Committee and the Trump Committee have accepted these prohibited corporate contributions, resulting in violations of federal campaign finance law.”
CNN responded, “The law in virtually every state provides that the nominee of a state-recognized political party will be allowed ballot access without petitioning.
“As the presumptive nominees of their parties both Biden and Trump will satisfy this requirement. As an independent candidate, under applicable laws RFK, Jr. does not.
“The mere application for ballot access does not guarantee that he will appear on the ballot in any state. In addition, RFK, Jr. does not currently meet our polling criteria, which, like the other objective criteria, were set before issuing invitations to the debate.”
Now, to be clear, Trump’s campaign has welcomed Kennedy to the debates, but Joe Biden specifically stated that he would not debate any third-party candidates.
A good showing from Kennedy would only hurt Biden, and Joe already has his hands full with Trump.
I fully expect that Kennedy will meet the requirements for one of these debates, so it will be interesting to see if Biden pulls out or follows through with his commitment.
