{"id":1034230,"date":"2024-05-31T20:37:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1034230"},"modified":"2024-05-31T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:37:15","slug":"statement-verdict-response-proves-rfk-jr-is-trumps-useful-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-verdict-response-proves-rfk-jr-is-trumps-useful-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT: Verdict Response Proves RFK Jr. Is Trump\u2019s Useful Idiot\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Following yesterday\u2019s historic verdict in Donald Trump\u2019s hush money trial, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1796320918156841339\"><em>RFK Jr.<\/em><\/a><em> wasted no time in <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/30\/nyregion\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-trump-conviction.html\"><em>parroting MAGA talking points<\/em><\/a><em>. Joining with extreme GOP voices, RFK Jr. spent the evening sowing doubts about our criminal justice system and making excuses for Trump\u2019s criminal behavior. His <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicoleShanahan\/status\/1796325706483339536\"><em>running mate<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amaryllisfox\/status\/1796329192424165658\"><em>campaign manager<\/em><\/a><em>, and the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AV24org\/status\/1796338549836444136\"><em>MAGA funded super PAC<\/em><\/a><em> propping up his candidacy were quick to join the chorus.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC Senior Advisor Mary Beth Cahill released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRFK Jr. was recruited to run by MAGA Republicans, is being propped up by Trump\u2019s largest donor, and his own staff has said their goal is to hurt President Biden. Now, RFK Jr. is taking his spoiler candidacy a step further by proving himself to be Trump\u2019s useful idiot. With no path to victory for himself, RFK Jr. is parroting MAGA talking points and carrying Trump\u2019s water &#8211; further proving that he is in this race for one reason and one reason only: to throw the election to Donald Trump. There\u2019s only one way to beat Donald Trump, and that\u2019s by voting for Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following yesterday\u2019s historic verdict in Donald Trump\u2019s hush money trial, RFK Jr. wasted no time in parroting MAGA talking points. Joining with extreme GOP voices, RFK Jr. spent the evening sowing doubts about our criminal justice system and making excuses for Trump\u2019s criminal behavior. His running mate, campaign manager, and the MAGA funded super PAC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STATEMENT: Verdict Response Proves RFK Jr. Is Trump\u2019s Useful Idiot\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-verdict-response-proves-rfk-jr-is-trumps-useful-idiot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T20:37:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T20:37:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-verdict-response-proves-rfk-jr-is-trumps-useful-idiot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-verdict-response-proves-rfk-jr-is-trumps-useful-idiot\/\",\"name\":\"STATEMENT: Verdict Response Proves RFK Jr. Is Trump\u2019s Useful Idiot\u00a0 - 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