Democratic Party Ramps Up "Dirty Tricks" Against RFK Jr. Campaign

A billboard truck paid for by the DNC has been circling Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign events. Protesters picketed his vice presidential announcement rally. The website’s grassroots organizing forum was flooded with fake, provocative event pages. And a job ad from the progressive group MoveOn showed in real-time how progressive organizations are staffing up to confront the independent campaign.

The bombardment against Kennedy has grown so intense that the campaign is crying foul. Democrats are taking third-party threats seriously, and anti-Kennedy antagonism has spiked now that the general election is underway and the independent candidate continues to draw significant support in the polls. Despite the political prowess associated with his family name, Kennedy is a first-time candidate, and is now receiving his first real political vetting.

“They are publicly shifting now to a strategy of actual trolling and harassment in order to place media stories around it and persuade voters in that way, because their attempts to keep Bobby off the ballot have failed,” campaign manager, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter-in-law, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy told POLITICO.

Fox Kennedy said she was expecting “dirty tricks” from the political establishment and the campaign is making adjustments to its operations. But the anti-RFK Jr. tactics haven’t deterred the campaign from focusing on its existential goal, getting on the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, DC. The campaign said it plans to meet its goal by mid-summer, though so far Kennedy…  Read more is only officially on the ballot in Utah.