RFK Jr.'s switch to run as an independent is already hurting Trump: report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s abandonment of his Democratic bid for president in favor of an Independent run will likely draw votes away from Donald Trump – not President Joe Biden, Newsweek reported Wednesday.

Citing an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey of 1,218 registered voters, Biden would beat Trump 49 to 46 percent in a hypothetical head-to-head.

And the poll shows Kennedy's switch to be an Independent candidate is more detrimental to Trump than it is to Biden.

"With numerous polls suggesting Democratic voters do not want 80-year-old Biden to run for president again, it was believed that Kennedy may provide an alternative to these potential disillusioned voters as an Independent candidate," Newsweek's report stated.

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"However, Kennedy, who has pushed misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, appears to be better liked among GOP voters and may syphon votes away from Trump in a 2024 election."

Read the full report over at Newsweek.