Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he ‘respectfully declined’ the Trump campaign’s offer to serve as his vice president

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Monday that former President Donald Trump’s “emissaries asked me to be his vice president.”

Kennedy taunted Trump in a message on Xwithout naming the individuals from Trumpworld who allegedly tried to court him to be on the Republican ticket.

A Trump campaign spokesman did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.

“President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. “I am so liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his vice president,” Kennedy wrote. “I respectfully declined the offer.”

“I’m against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win,” the former Democrat said. “Based on his new website, it appears President Trump knows who can actually beat him.”

Kennedy blasted Trump in a post on

Kennedy was referring to a website launched by Trump-affiliated Make America Great Again, Inc. PAC, called RadicalF-ingKennedy.com.

The website lists a number of left-wing policies that Kennedy says he supports, including the Green New Deal, “high taxes” and “gun confiscation.”

Kennedy has been critical of the National Rifle Association and has worked as an environmental attorney.

‘RFK Jr. became defensive and emotional when exposed for being a left-wing radical,” an email from Make America Great Again, Inc. said. after Kennedy’s message on X.

Republican voters have shown some interest in Kennedy’s campaign because of his anti-vaccine rhetoric and criticism of the handling of COVID-19.

Polling from DailyMail.com/JL Partners last month showed Kennedy siphoning 9 percent of President Joe Biden’s voters in 2020, while gobbling up 7 percent of those who voted for Trump four years ago.

That gave Trump a lead over Biden nationally: 43 percent to Biden’s 39 percent.

In the long run, Kennedy’s presidential bid could hurt former President Donald Trump, as was seen in court Monday as he drew moderate suburban Republican women away from the former president.

But Ipsos president Cliff Young argued to DailyMail.com that Kennedy could hurt Trump in the long run, as he analyzed the demographics of those flirting with the third-party candidate.

“He helps Biden more than Trump,” Young said in an interview last month. “What we’re actually seeing is this disgruntled, moderate Republican from the suburbs who really didn’t like Dobbs, probably didn’t like Donald Trump’s record on women, who doesn’t know where to turn,” Young said of the typical Kennedy supporter.

A year ago this week, Kennedy launched his presidential bid – initially as a Democrat against Biden in the Democratic primaries.

In October, Kennedy changed tactics and relaunched himself as an independent presidential candidate.

That means he only has to focus on the general election but gain access to ballots in every state, which has often frustrated independent presidential candidates in the past.

As part of these efforts, Kennedy had to appoint a running mate rather than major party candidates.

Last month, Kennedy announced he had chosen Nicole Shanahan, a Bay Area attorney and entrepreneur and the ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Shanahan had donated several million dollars to a Kennedy-focused super PAC to fund the candidate’s Super Bowl television commercial before signing on for the ticket.

It is unclear when Trump will announce his running mate.

Normally, major party candidates wait until the summer to roll out a VP pick, ahead of that candidate’s party convention.

The Republican National Convention will be held in mid-July.