Handicapper: Kennedy Endorsement Won’t Help Trump

The Hill reports:

Political scientist Larry Sabato dismissed a potential boost for former President Trump after independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed him last week. “He has been dropping like a rock ever since Kamala Harris got in,” Sabato said of Kennedy.

“For people who think that, because he’s endorsing Trump, he can just move that 2 percent into Trump’s column,” Sabato said. “They don’t know much about politics. It doesn’t work that way. It’s not going to work that way.” Sabato also suggested that RFK Jr. failed to “cash in” on the Kennedy name.

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‘He tried to cash in on the Kennedy magic’ Larry Sabato on RFK leaving presidential race

Director of University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and Editor in Chief of the Crystal Ball Larry Sabato joins Katy Tur to discuss RFK Jr.’s decision to suspend his campaign. pic.twitter.com/DcjWuvKzn7

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