Surprise Showing of Democratic Fringe Candidates RFK Jr., Williamson Giving Biden Heartburn

Despite spending little money and being largely shunned by the mainstream press, Kennedy’s poll numbers keep ticking up.

AP/Hans Pennink, file
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the New York state capitol in 2019. AP/Hans Pennink, file

The surprising success of a maverick presidential run by a scion of the Kennedy family, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., points to a problem that Democrats are doing their best to ignore: Few in the party’s rank and file are jazzed about the incumbent, and some of them are willing to embrace even the kookiest of candidates as a result.

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