Third parties are like 'cockroaches in the kitchen,' former Clinton adviser says: 'Foul it up' for Biden
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Paul Begala, a CNN political commentator, compared third parties to cockroaches on Monday and said RFK Jr. could propel Donald Trump to victory in 2024.
"Third parties elected Donald Trump in 2016, about six to seven percent of Americans voted third-party. That third-party vote dropped to less than two, which is how Biden won. So, anything over two, Democrats are in trouble. Kennedy alone is getting 15 in some of these places. So yeah, my view is third parties, they’re like cockroaches in the kitchen, okay?" Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.
He added, "It’s not what they carry off that upsets you. It’s what they fall into and foul up. Bobby Kennedy can fall into every swing state and foul it up for Joe Biden and throw the whole election to Donald Trump. So, I’m very happy as a Democrat that the Democrats are on this because it’s a very real threat," Begala said.
The other panelists laughed at the comparison, as guest-host Phil Mattingly asked about how Donald Trump's campaign was looking at RFK Jr.'s role in the contest.
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