Tucker Carlson Brokered RFK’s Endorsement Of Trump

The New York Times reports:

About three hours after former President Donald J. Trump was nearly assassinated, on a Saturday evening in mid-July, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got a phone call: Would he consider joining forces with Mr. Trump? What about serving as his running mate?

The caller was Calley Means, a health care entrepreneur who had advised Mr. Kennedy on chronic disease policy. When Mr. Means got off the phone with Mr. Kennedy on July 13, he reached out to Mr. Carlson.

Mr. Carlson loved the idea. Mr. Kennedy was his friend, and for months Mr. Kennedy had been giving the Trump team headaches. That evening, just hours after Mr. Trump was shot, Mr. Carlson connected Mr. Kennedy to the former president on a three-way text message, and the two candidates agreed to talk.

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The Lincoln Project has filed a federal complaint, arguing that Trump illegally offered Kennedy an administration job in return for his endorsement.

The Trump-Kennedy alliance followed a six-week crush of behind-the-scenes discussions, embarrassing missteps, secret meetings and private misgivings.

Here is how Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unlikely partnership took shape. https://t.co/jV8islMnWL

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