Trump and Biden running ’campaigns of fear’, says Robert F Kennedy Jr

Independent US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr hosted an event in Los Angeles on Thursday night where he offered sharp criticism and his own responses to election issues during the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. On a stage that looked very similar to the Biden-Trump CNN debate, Kennedy streamed the event on X where he gave his own impassioned takes on key issues during this year’s election, including responses to some questions that were posed at the debate in Atlanta, where he had not qualified to participate. He had received at least 15% in only three accepted polls to date and, by CNN’s tally, had qualified for the ballot in just six states. That would not be enough to win the presidency. He had argued the TV network’s standards were being applied unfairly and intended to keep him off the stage with candidates who would prefer a one-on-one race. Read the best of our journalism: