Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed people from Donald Trump’s team had “reached out” to him about possibly being the Republican presidential frontrunner’s 2024 running mate, should he secure the GOP nomination, but insisted “I would not take that job.”
Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine sceptic who was running for the Democratic presidential nomination before switching to standing as an independent, made the comments during an interview with network NewsNation.
Although Trump denies it, RFK Jr says Team Trump did reach out to him to see if he would be Trump’s running mate, and he turned it down. pic.twitter.com/oUhqUD8eJH
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 29, 2024
Asked what he would say if Trump asked him to be his vice-presidential pick Kennedy Jr. replied: “I would not take that job. I’m flattered that President Trump would offer it to me but it’s not something that I’m interested in.”
The interviewer then asked “did he reach out? People from his team?” to which Kennedy Jr. replied: “People from the team reached out to me.”
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Newsweek contacted representatives for Donald Trump at 2:40 a.m. ET by email and this article will be updated if they wish to comment.
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