Roger Simon, co-founder of PJMedia and current columnist for The Epoch Times, joined Friday’s edition of The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy where he discussed the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) latest attack on Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. ‘s presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting him.
On Friday, the DNC filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against RFK Jr.’s campaign and the American Values Super PAC on allegations the two are colluding to get the candidate ballot access.
RFK Jr. disputed the complaint, arguing the DNC is “doubling down on its strategy of keeping viable, non-Trump, candidates off the ballot,” as “President Biden’s cognitive competence comes under attack by the mainstream media.”
The FEC complaint came one day after a special counsel’s report portrayed President Joe Biden as an elderly man with “diminished capacities,” including memory loss.
Biden, during a press conference responding to the special counsel’s report, claimed his memory was “fine,” however, when answering a question about the situation in the Middle East, mistakenly referred to the president of Egypt as the president of Mexico.
On Friday, Simon said there’s a theory that RFK Jr. will be on the ballot as a Libertarian candidate.
“The other theory is he’s going to be the Libertarian candidate. That’s another theory. And he’s entertained it, obviously. So I don’t know how that’s going to play out, but I hope he is on everything,” Simon said.
Noting how he’s interviewed RFK Jr. on multiple occasions, Simon said that while he doesn’t agree with the candidate on some issues, he acknowledged that RFK Jr. is “a legit guy.”`
“I was once a Democrat…But if the Democratic party was led by someone like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which it hasn’t been for years, I would still consider it, or at least I would weigh the alternatives in a democratic manner,” Simon added, noting how RFK Jr.’s views are “evolving.”
“I think he is far more libertarian in his outlook than he was 10 years ago,” Simon said.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
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