Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has for months ignored complaints that he will simply play spoiler to a presidential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Kennedy, who is running as an independent after a short run in the Democratic primary, even accused Biden of handing the race to Trump by refusing to bow out. He held a highly publicized press conference on Wednesday where he urged the president to sign a “no spoiler pledge” in which the “weakest” candidate promises to drop out.
“Ultimately, I think what we all want in this election is that Americans not have to feel like they have to vote out of fear, that they feel they can vote out of hope,” Kennedy told a crowd in New York. “That is only going to happen if there is a two-way race between me and President Trump or me and President Biden.”
The press conference reflected an attempt by…
