RFK Jr. Accuses Trump, Biden of Colluding Against Him

As the presidential nominees of the country’s two major political parties have agreed to a debate format, third-party hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is claiming he is facing collusion.

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed to two presidential debates, one in June and another in September. However, Biden’s campaign had a series of demands, including not wanting Kennedy Jr. to be in the debates.

In response, the long shot candidate posted on X, “Presidents Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that 70% say they do not want. They are trying to exclude me from their debate because they are afraid I would win. Keeping viable candidates off the debate stage undermines democracy.”

“Forty-three percent of Americans identify as independents. If Americans are ever going to escape the hammerlock of the two-party system, now is the time to do it. These are the two most unpopular candidates in living memory,” he continued.

Finally, Kennedy Jr. added, “By excluding me from the stage, Presidents Biden and Trump seek to avoid discussion of their eight years of mutual failure including deficits, wars, lockdowns, chronic disease, and inflation.”

In a letter obtained by The New York Times, the Biden campaign proposed holding two debates, one as early as late-June and the other in early-September.

In a video posted on X Wednesday morning, Biden said, “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then he hasn’t shown up for a debate.”