Nicole Shanahan appeared onstage at a campaign event on March 26 after presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced her as his running mate.
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The running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is considering dropping out of the race and endorsing former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in the November election.
Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy California lawyer and Kennedy’s vice-presidential pick, Commented In a podcast episode Impact Theory The post was made Tuesday as his campaign struggles with sagging polls and sluggish fundraising.
“There are two options we’re looking at,” Shanahan said. “One is to stay and start a new party, but there are risks like Kamala Harris. [Tim] “Waltz should do that to either get votes out of Trump or somehow get more votes out of Trump. Or we can pull out now and join forces with Donald Trump. We’re going to pull out and explain to our supporters why we’re making this decision.”
Kennedy initially launched his campaign to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, but Announced later He will run as an independent candidate.
Kennedy Selected as vice presidential candidate She was appointed head of the charitable foundation in March and was previously married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
The campaign did not immediately respond to NPR’s request for comment Wednesday. Announced Kennedy is scheduled to speak in Phoenix on Friday “about our current historic moment and the path forward.”
In recent months, Kennedy and Shanahan It was hard Kennedy’s approval rating fell to 5% in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll earlier this month, and his campaign hasn’t held any public events recently.
Trump He told CNN Shanahan made the remarks in an interview on Tuesday after saying he would consider offering Kennedy a role in a second Trump administration if he would leave the Trump administration and support him.
“I like him, I respect him,” Trump told the outlet, “I didn’t know he was thinking about leaving, but if he was thinking about leaving, of course I’d be open to it.”
President Trump is also scheduled to visit Arizona on Friday.
in Post to X “I am open to discussions with leaders of any political party to further the goals I have pursued over the last 40 years of my career and campaigning,” Kennedy said Tuesday.
