RFK Jr. claims Trump offered him VP job — and he turned it down

As speculation continues to swirl over who Donald Trump will choose for his 2024 running mate, Independent candidate and known anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he was approached by the Trump campaign and offered the job.

In a video posted to Truth Social last week, Trump asked Democrats to vote for Kennedy, calling him “the most radical left candidate in the race." In the same post, Trump went on to insist that Kennedy is “a better man” than his Democratic challenger, President Joe Biden.

“But he’s got some nice things about him, I happen to like him,” Trump added, before pointing to Kennedy's expressed support for what he called the “Green New Scam," a reference to the Green New Deal which progressives pushed to combat climate change.

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Trump went on to say that Kennedy would likely “take votes away from crooked Joe Biden."

“If I were a Democrat, I’d vote for RFK Jr every single time over Biden, because he’s frankly more in line with Democrats,” Trump said.

In a post to X this Monday, Kennedy swiped back at Trump, claiming that he was asked to be the former president's running mate.

"President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical," Kennedy wrote. "I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP."

"I respectfully declined the offer. I am against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win. Judging by his new website, it looks like President Trump knows who actually can beat him," Kennedy added.

According to reports, both Democrats and Republicans are warning that Kennedy could tip the 2024 election to either Biden or Trump, but it's Democrats who are expressing more concern.

“I think he’s basically helping Trump,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said. “I think he’s being used.”