Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was asked if he thinks President Biden should resign at the end of his first term after a special counsel's report determined he was an “old man with a bad memory.”
Kennedy told Fox News that if he were in Biden's position, he would expect someone in his own family to politely suggest that he step away from the political spotlight if his mental acuity was as diminished as special counsel Robert Hur suggested.
“I think anyone can make a decision about [Biden’s situation] the best I can. “I hope that if he has the type of cognitive challenges that the special counsel indicated he has, and if I were in that position, a member of my family or staff would reach out to me and help me gently resign,” Kennedy said in ” Jesse Watters in prime time.”
Host Jesse Watters followed up by asking if that is now the best role first lady Jill Biden can play.
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“Yes,” Kennedy responded. “I think I should.”
However, he added that if Biden believes he is in a position to continue his re-election bid, he should accept “spontaneous discussions” in public and hold a debate with his rivals.
“[T]Tell us what you are going to do about closing the border. “Tell us…what are you going to do to restore the middle class, to end the…forever wars around the world, to unravel corporate capture and all of these issues that are critical to our country right now,” he said .
“We need a president who is in the know, someone we all trust to answer that phone call at 3:00 in the morning…”
As Watters also noted, other news outlets began reporting on rumors within Democratic circles about possible replacements for Biden.
A Washington Post article claimed that major Democratic donors were being pressed on whether there is time to replace Biden on the ticket with another high-profile Democrat.
Some of the names that came up were Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Shapiro, in his first term after serving as attorney general and defeating retired Army Col. Doug Mastriano in 2022, recently told Harrisburg's ABC affiliate that he had heard such talk, but characterized it as “noise.”
“I'm grateful that people here in Pennsylvania and across the country are taking notice of the way we do things,” Shapiro told WHTM.
MSNBC asked Whitmer last year about a potential primary challenge to Biden and she responded that she was “proud” to support the president's re-election bid. She serves as one of the co-chairs of Biden's campaign.
On Fox News, Kennedy was also asked about a Super Bowl ad funded by his super PAC, which featured the image of the Democratic family scion superimposed on a famous 1960s campaign ad by his presidential uncle.
Kennedy said he was pleasantly surprised when he first saw the ad, when much of America watched it on CBS on Sunday, and clarified that his recent apology on the matter was directed to family members and others whose feelings were hurt by the use of JFK's announcement.
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Kennedy's cousin, Bobby Shriver, son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver: sister of JFK and RFK Sr., criticized the announcement and said his mother would be “horrified by [RFK Jr’s] deadly views on healthcare,” after noticing Eunice's image also appeared.
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“I send you and your family my sincere apologies. God bless you,” Kennedy wrote.
Kennedy told Watters that she “loved” the ad, but knew immediately that it would irritate some of her family members.
“I don't apologize for the announcement, but I don't want to hurt people's feelings,” he said.
