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Biden jibes and the ‘scamdemic’: culture-war comedy on the menu at RFK Jr fundraiser
Robert Kennedy Jr in January. Polls suggest Kennedy, running as an independent, could receive up to 15% of the vote in a general election.
Inside the Million Dollar Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, comedians cracked jokes about wokeness, the “scamdemic”, Joe Biden’s age and stumbles – and Robert F Kennedy Jr made his pitch, of sorts, to voters.
The 70-year-old, a member of the Kennedy political dynasty, with a long history of promoting conspiracy theories and vaccine skepticism, is running for president as an independent. Recent polling from Quinnipiac projected that in a race involving Biden and Trump, Kennedy, who has pledged to “end the forever wars, clean up government [and] increase wealth for all”, could receive as much as 15% of the vote.
Kennedy has been campaigning across the country for months, and on Wednesday he was on his home turf of Los Angeles, where his wife, Cheryl Hines, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, hosted a fundraiser in the form of a comedy show. The event was open to anyone with $150 to spare and promised a “Night of Laughter” with standup from names such as Adam Carolla, Jeremy Piven and Rob Schneider – the one-time SNL star and now conservative influencer.
Hundreds of people lined up around the theater, eager to hear from Kennedy and excited about the possibility of a third-party candidate.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/22/robert-kennedy-jr-los-angeles-fundraiser-2024
Biden jibes and the ‘scamdemic’: culture-war comedy on the menu at RFK Jr fundraiser
Robert Kennedy Jr in January. Polls suggest Kennedy, running as an independent, could receive up to 15% of the vote in a general election.
Inside the Million Dollar Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, comedians cracked jokes about wokeness, the “scamdemic”, Joe Biden’s age and stumbles – and Robert F Kennedy Jr made his pitch, of sorts, to voters.
The 70-year-old, a member of the Kennedy political dynasty, with a long history of promoting conspiracy theories and vaccine skepticism, is running for president as an independent. Recent polling from Quinnipiac projected that in a race involving Biden and Trump, Kennedy, who has pledged to “end the forever wars, clean up government [and] increase wealth for all”, could receive as much as 15% of the vote.
Kennedy has been campaigning across the country for months, and on Wednesday he was on his home turf of Los Angeles, where his wife, Cheryl Hines, the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, hosted a fundraiser in the form of a comedy show. The event was open to anyone with $150 to spare and promised a “Night of Laughter” with standup from names such as Adam Carolla, Jeremy Piven and Rob Schneider – the one-time SNL star and now conservative influencer.
Hundreds of people lined up around the theater, eager to hear from Kennedy and excited about the possibility of a third-party candidate.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/22/robert-kennedy-jr-los-angeles-fundraiser-2024
