Rita Palma, Robert Kennedy Jr’s campaign’s state director in New York was captured on tape laying out the campaign’s strategy to prevent President Joe Biden from winning re-election by getting RFK Jr on the ballot in the state.
In a meeting with Republicans in New York, Palma said her main priority is to “get rid of Biden” which can be achieved by getting RFK Jr on the ballot in every state, including New York so he can pull votes from Biden.
“The only way that Trump can even, remote possibility of taking New York is if Bobby is on the ballot. If it’s Trump vs. Biden, Biden wins. Biden wins six days, seven days a week. With Bobby in the mix, anything can happen,” Palma said. “The only way for him, for Bobby, to shake it up and to get rid of Biden is if he’s on the ballot in every state, including New York.”
Palma argued that if Republicans and some Democrats in traditionally blue states, like New York, back RFK Jr he could win the state which would increase the likelihood that no candidate receives 270 electoral votes.
“So my thoughts are, Bobby’s moving the blues on his own,” Palma said. “If the Republicans face, well, I guess accepted the fact that New York, Maryland, Illinois, California, New Jersey, Connecticut, most of the northeast is going to go blue, why wouldn’t we put our vote to Bobby and at least get rid of Biden and get those 28 electoral votes in New York … give those 28 electoral votes to Bobby rather than to Biden, thereby reducing Biden’s 270.”
Under that scenario, state delegations in Congress would vote to determine the outcome of the election.
“Who are they going to pick? If it’s a Republican Congress, they’ll pick Trump,” Palma said. “So we’re rid of Biden either way.”
“We’re all on the same team right now, and we’ll be on the same team later, as long as Trump or Kennedy wins,” she added.
According to CNN, Palma’s presentation also included a series of slides telling Republicans how “to block Biden from winning the presidency.” Among the items listed were “Collect signatures for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,” “Go to Pennsylvania to help Trump,” and “Vote RFK Jr. for President!!”
“RFK Jr.’s campaign is saying the quiet part out loud,” DNC spokesperson Matt Corridoni said in a statement to CNN. “As the saying goes, when people show you who they are, believe them: RFK Jr.’s campaign isn’t building a plan or a strategy to get 270 electoral votes, they’re building one to help Trump return to the Oval Office.”
