Simon Marks: FSN Correspondent on the report that Former Democrat Robert F Kennedy Jr. will endorse Donald Trump

A curve ball has been thrown for Kamala Harris as she's about to accept her presidential nomination. 

US media is reporting the independent, and former Democrat, Robert F Kennedy Junior is planning to pull out of the race and endorse Republication nominee Donald Trump.  

It coincides with the final day of the Democratic National Convention, where Harris is expected to accept the nomination.  

FSN Correspondent Simon Marks told Ryan Bridge it'll be a big help to Donald Trump with so many eyes are on the Democratic campaign. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Karmala Harris will formally accept the Democratic nomination for president today.
This is at the DNC in Chicago. It comes as
Robert F. Kennedy, who's that independent third candidate, is expected
to drop out of the race today and endorse Donald Trump.
Simon marx Is if it sends correspondent at the DNC
in Chicago. Simon, thanks for being with us this morning.

(00:21):
Great to have you back on the show.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Good to be back, Ryan Simon.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
It's start with the DNC. What are we expecting from
Karmala today?

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Well, I think, you know, the most important political speech
of her life. I mean, that's often a cliche, but
it certainly isn't on this occasion. Kamala Harris has to
capitalize on the incredible sense of electricity and desire in
the room for this convention to end on a high.

(00:52):
It has moved from the Obamas speaking a couple of
nights ago to her running mate Tim Walls captivating the
audience last night with that speech that very much portrayed
himself as a high school football coach who was now
coaching Democrats in preparing for the fourth quarter of the game.
He wanted them to go out and fight for every

(01:13):
single inch and every single yard. And so now it's
Kamala Harris's turn to introduce herself in detail to those
Americans who have not followed her career even as vice
president with a tremendous degree of regularity, but also to
inspire Democrats to get out and work, as Barack Obama

(01:34):
put it, like they've never worked before, in order to
try and eke out a win over Donald Trump. I
think this is going to be a speech that is
very big on large inspirational promises and perhaps not quite
as thick in terms of policy prescriptions. This convention really

(01:56):
has been all about one central theme and to average
Americans than Donald Trump and JD Events, and so far
in that regard it's worked.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Robert F. Kennedy expected to pull out of the race
today and endorse Trump. Does that change the result? Do
you think?

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Well, it has the potential to have an impact. There's
no question about that. I mean, it's often been debated
ever since Robert F. Kennedy got into this race, first
as a Democrat, of course, challenging Joe Biden, then deciding
he was getting nowhere in that regard and so he
became an independent. It's often been debated where the most
of his supporters, and he's getting you know, between eight

(02:39):
and ten percent in the polls, are likely Trump voters
or likely Biden voters. Now, I think most analysts think
that given some of Robert F. Kennedy's positions, he draws
more support away from Donald Trump than he does from
Joe Biden. So an endorsement of Donald Trump will certainly
help him at a time when Kamala Hara is hoping

(03:00):
to leave Chicago with a huge bounce in the opinion
polls that she can then try to maintain and perhaps
even extend. It's something that Donald Fum desperately needs at
the end of a week that obviously has been all
about Kamala Harris because that's the nature of a convention
that is a four day made for TV spectacular. Whether

(03:22):
it appreciably changes the outcome of this election is just
too early to know. You know, this is still a
fifty to fifty country, so it could make a big difference.
But we need to factor in what kind of impact
Kamala Harrison, Tim Wa Walls have had this week here,
and we still don't know that because obviously the convention
is still underway.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yeah, and we'll hear from Kamala Harris today, Simon, thank
you for that, Simon Marx. If it's in correspondent at
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