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RFK Jr. Begged Harris for a Cabinet Post

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Increasingly irrelevant presidential wannabee RFK Jr reportedly begged Harris for a cabinet position in exchange for him dropping out of the race and endorsing her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to the reports&comma; he tried to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss the possibility of him dropping out of the race and endorsing her in exchange for a position in her administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kennedy&comma; whose longshot bid for president took a hit earlier this week when a judge ruled his name should not appear on New York’s ballot&comma; sought out the meeting with Harris in hopes of landing a potential Cabinet secretary position in her future administration&comma; according to a report from the Washington Post&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Harris and her campaign have yet to respond with an offer to meet the independent candidate&comma; the report notes&comma; nor have they shown any interest in entertaining his proposal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Apparently&comma; the longshot contender&&num;8217&semi;s outreach was made through intermediaries and came after Kennedy made similar overtures to former President Trump during a meeting at last month&&num;8217&semi;s convention in Milwaukee&comma; which also resulted in no agreement between the two sides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kennedy&comma; who polling has shown as one of the most disruptive independent candidates in decades&comma; could be looking to leverage his position and drop out of the race&comma; throwing his weight and considerable pull with his supporters behind the candidate who will allow him to continue having an influence past the election&period; However&comma; like the kid without a prom date&comma; neither Trump nor Harris seems to have any interest in his overtures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Nevertheless&comma; Kennedy has continued to campaign and make regular media appearances with the deluded expectation that he can win the election&period; However&comma; he has left open the possibility of meeting with or getting out of the way of either Harris or Trump if they share an openness for his vision for the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8220&semi;From the beginning of this campaign&comma; we were saying people should be talking to each other&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Kennedy told the Washington Post&period; &&num;8220&semi;That is the only way of unifying the country&period;&&num;8221&semi; Kennedy also expressed hope that Harris would reconsider his offer to meet&comma; arguing that it was a &&num;8220&semi;strategic mistake&&num;8221&semi; for the Democrat&&num;8217&semi;s campaign<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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