Independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has changed his stance on abortion once again, saying that he supports abortion up until a certain point rather than at full term.
Following pressure from campaign staff, Kennedy announced late Friday that he was walking back his stance of supporting full-term abortions in a statement released on X. Abortion has been a notoriously divisive issue in America, but actually I see an emerging consensus abortion should be legal up until a certain number of weeks, and restricted thereafter, he said.
Once the baby is viable outside the womb, it should have rights and it deserves societys protection, he added.
Kennedys latest shake-up on where he stands on the divisive issue came after he said last week that he would allow women to have abortions at full term.
During an interview with podcaster Sage Steele, a former ESPN host, Kennedy was asked what the limit should be for women to have an abortion. Should there be a limit or are you saying all the way up to full term, a woman has a right to have an abortion? Steele asked.
Kennedy answered that he didnt think anyone would want to do that at eight months of pregnancy, but abortion should be out of the hands of the government and in the hands of women.
Even if its full-term, Kennedy said in response to a follow-up question. I dont think its ever OK, he added. When Steele said that would allow late-term abortions, Kennedy said, I think we have to leave it to the women rather than the state.
The answer left his running mate Nicole Shanahan surprised during her sit-down interview with Steele, released a week prior.
My understanding with Bobbys position is that, you know, every abortion is a tragedy, is a loss of life, Shanahan said. My understanding is that he absolutely believes in limits on abortion, and weve talked about this. I do not think, I dont know where that came from.
Shanahan went on to say, That is not my understanding of his position and I think maybe there was a miscommunication there.
"He's totally taking from dems side!"
Crazy how not even Roe v Wade allowed for that unless the mother's health was at risk.It's because they want stupid people who actually believe that it's happening to keep them in power.
It's also super unrealistic any woman would carry a fetus for 8-9 months and then just randomly go "you know what? I'm sick of this, get this thing out of me". If she's carrying it for that long then she wants that baby. Really fucking hate Republicans when they spout that bullshit narrative as if women would actually just randomly wake up during the 9th month and decide they no longer want it.
Are 9 month abortions even a thing that people pursue unless the life of the mother is in dangerNo
There is unfortunately a distressing amount of young people who plan to vote RFK Jr. simply because "he's not Trump or Biden".I simply do not believe that this number will be large enough to have any kind of tangible effect
There is unfortunately a distressing amount of young people who plan to vote RFK Jr. simply because "he's not Trump or Biden". Those who actually pay attention to his issues know he fits more with right-wingers and is why the Trump campaign has started to attack him, because they're worried as polls show he'd take more from Trump than Biden.Voters that stupid wouldn't have voted for Biden in the first place. The young twitter left voting bloc is, unfortunately, one of the most unreliable and useless ones there is. They could do a lot of good, but they'd rather stew in a broth of their own ignorant arrogance.
Voters that stupid wouldn't have voted for Biden in the first place. The young twitter left voting bloc is, unfortunately, one of the most unreliable and useless ones there is. They could do a lot of good, but they'd rather stew in a broth of their own ignorant arrogance.
There is unfortunately a distressing amount of young people who plan to vote RFK Jr. simply because "he's not Trump or Biden". Those who actually pay attention to his issues know he fits more with right-wingers and is why the Trump campaign has started to attack him, because they're worried as polls show he'd take more from Trump than Biden.
Really f***ing hate Republicans when they spout that bulls*** narrative as if women would actually just randomly wake up during the 9th month and decide they no longer want it.
RFK might just actually be dumber than TrumpHe use to be smart, but worms ate his brains.
(not more dangerous, just dumber)
I'm honestly a little surprised the Trump campaign hasn't tried to actually recruit him to be his VP instead, the media would absolutely love to try and pretend it's a bipartisan ticket of a liberal and a conservative teaming up to make the country better against the woke radical leftist thugs or and other boogiemenHe is just in the race to poach Biden votes but he is so Looney he will most likely steal trump votes
They can't seriously still believe the dog killer, the election deniers and the feckless loyalists would help Trump's campaign anymore than the brain wormed libertarian who'll do and say anything as long as it helps him financially and politically.
He is just in the race to poach Biden votes but he is so Looney he will most likely steal trump votesI just can't comprehend a scenario where a potential Biden voter would switch their vote to RFK Jr. of all people
Voters that stupid wouldn't have voted for Biden in the first place.
I'm honestly a little surprised the Trump campaign hasn't tried to actually recruit him to be his VP insteadThe idea of him running as far as Trump and RFKJr was concerned was to peel voters away from Biden in large enough amounts to bolster Trump. And it looked like it was working at first in the polls. Now it's reversing, but it's too late to bring him into the fold. Part of them still thinks that he's going to pull enough votes away from Biden to help Trump. If he's directly with Trump, the morons who want a third candidate regardless of what they stand for or are running on could be lost.
more gen z people voted in the 2020 and 2022 elections than people in that age range ever have in the history of the countryOkay, but still only ~28% of voters aged 18-24 voted. Given the enormity of what's at stake here, that's still a horrifically low turnout.
Okay, but still only ~28% of voters aged 18-24 voted. Given the enormity of what's at stake here, that's still a horrifically low turnout.And that was in an election with historically high turnout.
Is that for 2020 or 2022?2018 I believe
Is that for 2020 or 2022?22
I simply do not believe that this number will be large enough to have any kind of tangible effect
Voters that stupid wouldn't have voted for Biden in the first place. The young twitter left voting bloc is, unfortunately, one of the most unreliable and useless ones there is. They could do a lot of good, but they'd rather stew in a broth of their own ignorant arrogance.
Oh, anecdotal here, but I met one.
Rather, a young (would estimate low-20s in age) dude who's doing a campaign to get signatures to get RFK Jr. on the ballot in Texas.
We had a chat.
Him: "We're doing this because we're in need of a viable third-party candidate."
Me: "I can agree with you on that point, though remember, one, the deck is stacked against any third parties in the first place, and two, the other major one is that RFK is not the guy to be on the ballot."
Proceeded to explain some of the nonsense RFK had said which the guy did concede to. I wasn't mean about it, just being informative enough.
Still might have deflated him a bit, though.
I think the issue is more if they suddenly lose their job or the father leaves them. I don't know, that might be just as rare, but it seems like more of a possibility than just randomly changing their mind.
I just can't comprehend a scenario where a potential Biden voter would switch their vote to RFK Jr. of all people