Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is attempting to use former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict in his New York trial to court voters who may be on the fence regarding the conviction.
Kennedy has sharply criticized the verdict, implying that the trial was a political way to damage their opponent.
"This conviction is going to backfire on the Democrats. I think every time that President Trump has been indicted, that his approval ratings actually increase, his popularity increases," Kennedy told Fox News after the jury's decision became known. Kennedy also argued that Democrats constantly investigating Trump increasingly makes them look political and partisan.
The verdict hasn't seemed to slow Trump down. His campaign raised $141 million alongside the Republican National Committee in May. But some Kennedy supporters believe it could help Kennedy.
"There could be a slice of independents who were leaning Trump but now feel some fatigue, especially with the convictions. If Bobby can get on the debate stage, this would be a prime opportunity to speak to those people," a source close to Kennedy's campaign said.
Kennedy has trained his attacks on Democrats, as opposed to on Trump. Hehas appeared on conservative media shows, such as Fox News' "Jesse Watters Primetime," where he said that he didn't want to "beat Trump in a courtroom," seemingly an attack on President Joe Biden and the Democrats.
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