Robert F. Kennedy Jr. qualifies for the ballot in key swing state of Michigan

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This was a setback Joe Biden couldn’t afford to encounter.

Biden’s campaign was sent into crisis mode.

And Joe Biden got leveled by the worst news he could possibly imagine.

In 2016, third party candidate vote totals exceeded the margin of victory in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

And one of the keys to Joe Biden’s win in 2020 was keeping third party candidates off the ballot.

Democrats can’t count on a repeat in 2024 as Robert F. Kennedy qualified for the ballot in Michigan by winning the nomination of the Natural Law Party.

“He’s the most qualified candidate in the modern-day history of America,” Natural Law Party Chairman Doug Dern announced. “We welcome Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Shanahan to the party.”

The Kennedy campaign celebrated the good news.

“Kennedy is good for Michigan,” Western Michigan regional coordinator for the Kennedy campaign said of Kennedy. “As an environmental champion for more than 40 years, Kennedy will work to restore our Great Lakes region, which holds 20% of the world’s freshwater. He will ensure a thriving fishing economy and ecosystem for commercial fishermen and individual anglers.”

Until the vote takes place, no one knows exactly how Kennedy will affect the election by siphoning votes from one candidate or another.

But the Biden campaign is certainly acting like they know Kennedy on the ballot makes it a steep climb to win Michigan.

That’s why the Biden campaign orchestrated one of the more despicable campaign stunts in recent American history when they gathered a bunch of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family members together to denounce him as a threat to democracy and endorse Joe Biden.

“Bobby knows that we stand by him as a family member, while also being able to clearly communicate that his candidacy poses a risk to the country that we love,” Joe Kennedy III stated.

“We can say today, with no less urgency, that our rights and freedoms are once again in peril,” Kerry Kennedy ranted. “That is why we all need to come together in a campaign that should unite not only Democrats, but all Americans, including Republicans, and independents, who believe in what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.”

Polls from Fox News showed the Biden campaign was onto something with their panic over Kennedy’s name appearing on the ballot.

Surveys of the key battleground states show Trump growing his lead in Georgia, maintaining his edge in Michigan, and turning a tie race in Pennsylvania into a two-point Trump lead when Fox included Kennedy on the ballot.

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