RFK Jr. knocks efforts to boot Trump from 2024 ballots: 'I don't think it's fair'

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday voiced opposition to efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024, suggesting such efforts lacked legal merit and would likely anger his supporters.

Kennedy originally challenged President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination but later opted for an independent campaign. The RealClearPolitics polling average currently shows him with 13.0% support in a hypothetical contest including other independent and third-party candidates.

Speaking at an event in Utah after securing his place on that state's ballot, Kennedy said that should Trump not appear the ballot, his backers would become "angry and frustrated and justifiably so," Politico reported. 

The Colorado Supreme Court and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows both independently determined in December that Trump was ineligible to seek the presidency under the 14th Amendment due to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Trump has sought judicial intervention in both instances.

The 14th Amendment bars individuals who engaged in an insurrection against the United States from holding high office. Kennedy, for his part, observed that Trump has not been convicted of any such crime.

"Donald Trump has not been convicted of an insurrection. Maybe he did it but, you know, he hasn’t been charged with it," he said. "I don't think it's fair."

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