It’s looking like independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) won’t make the requirements set forth to qualify for the first presidential debate on June 27th.
The independent candidate is determined to debate his Democratic and Republican rivals in Atlanta on June 27. But he’s running out of time to make the polling and delegate benchmarks that Biden and Trump have already surpassed before Thursday’s midnight deadline.
Failing to meet the eligibility criteria would be the first big blow for the third-party candidate struggling to remain relevant in the 2024 race.
“Though not impossible in Kennedy’s case, it is less likely that candidates other than Biden and Trump will meet those requirements,” CNN wrote in a memo over the weekend outlining logistics around opening statements and commercial breaks.
This would be a blow to Kennedy’s rather quixotic…
