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RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates

www.nbcnews.com RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates

The independent candidate currently does not meet the qualifying threshold for the first presidential debate Biden and Trump agreed to participate in.

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He also has the possibility to siphon off enough Biden voters to maybe give Trump a way to win. Neither of them have an incentive to give him airtime, and no offense, but as a society I'm not sure I'd say we "deserve" anything, much less a WWE-style debate where a bunch of old dudes yell at each other.

edit to add: Presidential Debates Have Shockingly Little Effect on Election Outcomes.
- There is no way he’s pulling anyone away from Biden lol Especially at this point considering Biden’s stance on Israel. AND yes, the society should see what state the “democracy” is in, it’s the only way for people to maybe get the hint that the current system is broken and needs to be fixed.
  Edit: if debates don’t have effect on outcomes, why would it even matter then? lol
  
  Edit: if debates don’t have effect on outcomes, why would it even matter then? lol
  
  I'm quite literally not saying it does. You're the one hyperventilating over his exclusion. I think it's just white noise, and the parties are free to do whatever the fuck they want, because they're private organizations.
  
  There is no way he’s pulling anyone away from Biden lol
  
  Factually incorrect:
  
  However, focusing just on those who will definitely vote for Kennedy, Biden loses just 4% of his current support and Trump loses only 3%. Among voters who are not backing either Biden or Trump at this time, about half say they will definitely (15%) or probably (34%) support Kennedy. Another way to look at these results is that about 3 in 10 potential Kennedy supporters would otherwise be inclined to vote for Trump and a similar 3 in 10 would otherwise lean toward Biden, with the remaining 4 in 10 Kennedy backers being people who do not support either major party candidate..
  
  That’s from December of last year lol AND are we all accepting poll from Monmouth university as facts? lol
  
  Here's one from a month ago, and an ad hominem retort is flatly unconvincing and uninspiring.
  
  Again, are we considering polls to be counted as factual? Especially pre-dead-worm-in-brain announcement? Polling is inaccurate and the current methods of capture are outdated and don’t offer a reflective sample. Polls are not something you can say are factual
  
  Oh...you're one of those.

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