Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a fundraising email Thursday that he wants his supporters to back former President Donald Trump “no matter what state you live in,” a departure from his previous call to supporters to back Trump only in key battleground states and support him in non-competitive states.
“A lot of people are asking me, if they live in a red state or a blue state, should they still vote for me? What about swing states? The answer is easy. No matter what state you live in, I urge you to vote for Donald Trump,” Kennedy wrote in the fundraising message distributed by his political organization.
When suspending his own presidential campaign last month, Kennedy said he would withdraw his name from the ballot in 10 battleground states but urged his supporters to vote for him in the states where his name would remain on the ballot. He also suggested that he could still win the presidency through a contingent election.
But Kennedy said in Thursday’s email that that the margin of victory may be too narrow to risk voting for anyone besides Trump, adding that a “disputed election result would be a disaster” for the country.
“President Trump needs to win in a landslide both in the Electoral College and the popular vote,” Kennedy wrote. “He can’t do it unless my supporters join him and look at the big picture.”
