Chris Crucial: RFK Jr.'s campaign just said the quiet part out loud

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1. RFK’s spoiler campaign: I’ve spent a fair amount of time talking and writing about who Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s independent campaign hurts worse — President Biden or Donald Trump.

Well, turns out we know what the Kennedy campaign — or at least its New York state director — thinks!

Rita Palma, the RFK staffer, said — in video obtained by CNN — that her #1 priority in 2024 is beating Biden.

“The only way for him, for Bobby, to shake it up and to get rid of Biden is if he’s on the ballot in every state, including New York,” said Palma on the video.

She came right out and said it!