Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, sharply criticized Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party, attacking Harris for discussing “price-gouging” in the food industry and condemning the party’s efforts to push the Kennedy team out of the presidential race.
Shanahan made these remarks during an interview with Chris Cuomo on “NewsNation.”
“I can tell you, Democrats, even though they’ve raised less from their top ten donors, they’ve put an enormous amount of money compared to take out third parties; PACs specifically designed to take them out,” Shanahan told Cuomo. “We haven’t had any of that from the Republican Party, and that has been a real learning experience for us. Could have never expected it, anticipated it, but it had a really big impact on me. What we did on Friday was amazing because we crossed the chasm; we found somebody who was willing to put these ideas on center stage; millions of people for the first time, heard Bobby’s voice.”
Cuomo brought up several topics where he believed the Kennedy team and Trump might have differing views. He then asked, “What guarantee do you have of any power over these issues in the administration, and two, why are you, who’s known for being a savvy person, supporting this approach?”
“To answer your second question first, look: where we are right now, is we have taken a year — Bobby has been running for over a year,” Shanahan responded. “We have crossed this nation; we have talked to Americans; we have met people from all ends of the political spectrum, which is what you should be doing if you are running for a representative office.You should be out there listening. And our job is to bring that voice to whomever is going to be sincere in their reception to hearing the American public, where they’re hurting; what is going on. I mean, farmers. Farmers are so underrepresented right now. And this is why I brought up some of my criticisms of Kamala Harris’ food cap economic policy, food price capping.”
On August 16, Harris addressed a crowd in North Carolina, stating, “I will work to pass the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food.”
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, goes scorched-earth on the Democratic Party upon Chris Cuomo asking her why she is trusting former President Trump.
Cuomo began by asking, “Why are you, who’s known for being a savvy person, so quick to trust that Donald Trump… pic.twitter.com/4NZUcOjKEs
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“Farmers are on their knees in this country right now,” Shanahan declared. “They are not ‘price gouging.’ To say that our farmers are ‘price gouging’ when they are already on their knees; who can I take that message to today? You tell me, Chris. Who’s gonna listen to me? Cause I have taken this message for years to the Democratic Party, and I cannot get through to anybody, It’s not like this has happened overnight. I didn’t wake up one morning and say, ‘What a great idea it would be to leave the Democratic Party.’ No. I tried everything, everything, in my capability to get through to someone who would listen and hear this actual science, to hear the people on the ground, to listen to American voices.”
