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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: RFK Jr. Says He Won’t Be a Spoiler. Is Anyone Buying It?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this month, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race, insisting he is the only one who can beat former President Donald Trump. Despite running well behind Biden in the polls, some experts believe he will pull enough support from both candidates to impact the election. In this episode, we explore Kennedy’s controversial candidacy and how voters, Biden and Trump are responding to it.  Guest: Aaron Pellish, CNN Campaign Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Head to Netsuite.com

0:01.4

slash briefing now for their one-of-a-kind flexible financing program.

0:05.1

President Joe Biden does not give a lot of one-on-one interviews.

0:12.3

Mr President, thank you so much for being with me.

0:14.4

Thanks for having me.

0:15.4

Which is why it was such a big deal when he sat down with CNN's Aaron Burnett

0:19.5

in Wisconsin earlier this week.

0:21.7

Consumer confidence maybe no surprise, is near a two-year low.

0:26.7

With less than six months to go to election day, are you worried that you're running

0:31.8

out of time to turn that around?

0:34.0

We've already turned around. Look, you look at the Michigan survey.

0:37.0

For 65% of the American people think they're in good shape economically.

0:41.0

They think the nation's not in good shape, but they're personally in good shape.

0:45.0

The polling data has been wrong all along.

0:48.0

Not only did he take credit for an economic turnaround,

0:51.0

he made big news on the U.S. response to Israel's war in Gaza and hit

0:56.2

former President Donald Trump over his threats to democracy.

1:00.1

Of course, every interview and headline about the candidates from here on out

1:04.0

will be closely watched as people really start to pay attention to the election.

1:11.4

That goes for third party candidates too.

1:14.0

A startling statement from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has come to light.

1:18.0

He said doctors found an abnormality on his brain scans in 2010 that was quote caused by a worm

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