Citing a Wisconsin law that prohibits a candidate’s name to be stricken from the ballot once they have filed unless that candidate dies, Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to refuse to grant Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to have his name taken off the 2024 Presidential ballot in that state. Kennedy openly admitted that this failed ploy was meant to enhance Trump’s chances in the swing states in the election, apparently believing he could sway his supporters into casting their votes for the Orangeutan if he was not a choice…though I personally have my doubts. Seems to me a RFK Jr. voter has already decided against voting for either Harris or Trump and if they cannot vote for the whale beheader they would most likely vote for another whacked out fringe candidate. Be that as it may this will be seen as a defeat for Trump who like an idiot was already counting those sweet Kennedy Jr. votes…
“MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West…
…Kennedy’s campaign sent the Wisconsin Elections Commission a letter dated Friday asking that his name be removed from the ballot. Although Kennedy has said he would try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, he has made clear that he wasn’t formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states where they are unlikely to sway the outcome.
Republican members of the commission pushed to grant Kennedy his wish to no longer be on the ballot after he suspended his campaign last week and endorsed Trump. But the commission deadlocked under opposition from Democrats who pointed to Wisconsin state law that says once a candidate has filed for office, they must remain on the ballot unless they die.
“We know Trump and Kennedy are playing games,” Democratic elections commission member Mark Thompson said. “Whatever games they’re playing, they have to play them with Kennedy on the ballot.”
This will not prevent them from playing games I fear, Kennedy can still call on his supporters to vote for Trump whether he is on the ballot or off.
Over on Twitter tweeter CALL TO ACTIVISM definitely sees this as a win:
Get ready for trump to cut him now.
— Mason (@ezrun4fun) August 27, 2024
Maybe not, once a useful idiot always a useful idiot.
What do you want to bet that trump starts telling his cult that RFuKjr’s votes should be added to his total because of kennedy’s endorsement, and if it isn’t everything is rigged?
— STILL Blue in a Red County (@DPMorrow1962) August 27, 2024
Yup
Confucius says:
“You can’t put two narcissists in the same play pen.”
— 💙🌊🇺🇸Hap Waldo Emerson🇺🇸#Patriots4Harris (@HapEmerson) August 27, 2024
😂
— Shawn Patterson (@shawnmpatterson) August 27, 2024
🤗
And, of course, MAGA chimes in…
That’s *ballot*… who’s the idiot?
— durrati 🇺🇦 (@durrati) August 27, 2024
I guess we’ll see if this has any effect in November.
My guess is it will be negligible.
Haha! The “… the whale beheader…” now that could be used quite well and strategically to promote his political demise, couldn’t it.
Maybe if he agreed to clean up the road kill for a year they’d allow it.
Okay. I’m a bit confused here. In the article, we get this quote
“Republican members of the commission pushed to grant Kennedy his wish to no longer be on the ballot after he suspended his campaign last week and endorsed Trump. But the commission deadlocked under opposition from Democrats who pointed to Wisconsin state law that says once a candidate has filed for office, they must remain on the ballot unless they die.”
Note the word “deadlocked.” Usually, that means, “both sides have an equal number of votes and cannot come to a decision.”*
But then, in the tweets, we read the “Commission has voted 5-1.”
So, what broke the “deadlock?” What changed from a “deadlock” situation to a clear and decisive 5-1 majority? Did the majority of GOP members actually choose to follow the law or did enough GOP members just protest and not vote (or just vote “present” when it was apparent their view wouldn’t prevail)?