Rumors are swirling that Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race as early as this week and endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Kennedy’s running mate Nicole Shanahan confirmed that the remarkable development is on the table during an interview Tuesday with filmmaker and entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu on his podcast “Impact Theory.”
Shanahan, a 38-year-old attorney and tech entrepreneur in the San Francisco Bay Area, told Bilyeu that she did not “put in tens of millions of dollars to be a spoiler candidate.”
“We wanted to win. We wanted a fair shot. The DNC made that impossible for us,” Shanahan lamented, before detailing all the ways Democrats sabotaged their campaign.
“They have banned us, shadow-banned us, kept us off stages, manipulated polls, used lawfare against us, sued us in every possible state,” Shanahan told Bilyeu during the sit down interview. “They’ve even planted insiders into our campaign to disrupt it and create actual legal issues for us.”
She added: “The extent of the sabotage they have unleashed upon us—it’s mind-blowing.”
Despite these hurdles, the campaign has managed to collect the signatures needed for ballot access in 47 states, totaling 517 electoral votes. The campaign says it has surpassed “all its milestones to ensure the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket is on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.”
Still, Shanahan complained their campaign continues to be censored and suppressed, making it difficult to get their message out.
“I really wanted a fair shot at this election and I believed in the America that I as a little girl pledged allegiance to. And that’s not where we are today,” she said.
Shanahan blamed her former party for destroying the America she grew up in.
“It’s not because of the Republican party taking us out, it is exclusively because of the Democratic party taking us out,” she added.
Shanahan added that was “disappointed” in herself for donating to Democrats, calling her role in helping them secure the majority in the Senate “one of the biggest mistakes of [her] life.”
“It’s really devastating,” she lamented.
Going forward, the campaign is considering two options, Shanahan told Bilyeu.
Is the risk of a Harris-Walz presidency worth us staying in? That’s the question we have to ask ourselves right now. One, do we trust Trump in his personal sincerity to really do the right thing for our country and end chronic disease, balance the budget, end these forever wars. Is he someone who is going to continue to invite people like Bobby and I into the conversation? Or is he going to fall victim to things he fell victim to in his first administration?
We’re weighing it all. It’s not an easy calculation. We want what’s best for this country, first and foremost.
“It’s an interesting place to be, I won’t lie,” she said.
“So, there’s two options that we’re looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party,” Shanahan continued. “But we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump, or we draw somehow more votes from Trump—or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump.”
Tuesday evening, Info Wars founder Alex Jones reported that “very, very trusted” sources inside RFK Jr.’s presidential campaign had told him the candidate plans to drop out of the race at an event in Los Angeles on Friday and will endorse Trump at that time.
Jones reported that RFK Jr. is under consideration for several Cabinet positions in the Trump administration, including EPA administrator, Attorney General and National Institutes of Health (NIH) director.
Jones said he believed “the straw that broke the camel’s back” for Kennedy was the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13.
“RFK Jr. saw his father assassinated when he was attorney general, he also saw his uncle, the president murdered,” Jones explained. “He saw them attempt to kill Trump and knows the same Secret Service is trying to get him killed—has not given him any Secret Service protection.”
Jones estimated that Kennedy’s endorsement could add “five to six points on the low end and ten to twelve points on the high end” to Trump’s poll numbers.
“Absolutely is the ultimate game changer and is so important and is such amazingly positive and exciting news for the world!” Jones exclaimed.
American Greatness reached out to the Kennedy Campaign for comment and was directed to RFK Jr.’s statement posted on X, Tuesday.
“As always, I am willing to talk with leaders of any political party to further the goals I have served for 40 years in my career and in this campaign,” Kennedy wrote. “These are: reversing the chronic disease epidemic, ending the war machine, cleaning corporate influence out of government and toxic pollution out of the environment, protecting freedom of speech, and ending politicization of enforcement agencies.”
Update:
Kennedy announced on X Wednesday afternoon that he plans to address the nation live on Friday from Phoenix “about the present historical moment and his path forward in a livestreamed press conference.”
Kennedy will deliver his remarks just hours before Trump holds a rally in Glendale, AZ on Friday afternoon.
ABC News reported Wednesday that Kennedy could bow out by the end of the week and according to sources, Kennedy “is leaning toward endorsing” Trump.
Update: (Thursday, 2:00 CT.):
In a post on X Thursday afternoon, Shanahan appeared to offer Democrats one last chance to make things right before the Kennedy Campaign joins forces with Trump.
“My old Dem buddies have been flooding me with frantic calls, texts, and emails,” Shanahan wrote. “I wouldn’t dream of airing those private conversations publicly, but the message is clear: they’re terrified of the idea of our movement joining forces with Donald Trump. When I point out what the Democratic Party and their super PACs have done to sabotage our campaign, their response is always, “but Trump is worse.” Here’s an idea: stop suing us. Let us debate. Quit rigging the media and the polls. It’s a simple formula, people—get with it.”
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