Video: Viewpoint: Vaccine denialist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s growing strength in presidential polls is ‘best showing for polio since Franklin Roosevelt,’ jokes Sarah Silverman

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Credit: Daily Show

Sarah Silverman took to the Daily Show stage [recently] to report that President Joe Biden is losing young voters at an accelerating rate — giving Donald Trump an edge in five battleground states. The guest host returned on [November 7] to deliver more sobering news: A new poll shows that Kennedy is polling ahead of Biden and Trump among voters under the age of 45 in key battleground states.

Kennedy — a vaccine conspiracy theorist, and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy —announced in October that he was launching an independent, third-party run for the presidency. While some MAGA die-hards touted Kennedy’s candidacy in the hopes that he would draw key independents away from Biden — they now find themselves playing defense to a third-party challenger they helped create.

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“If he gets 24 percent in the election, it would be the best showing for a third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt,” Silverman joked, before adding, “And because RFK is anti-vaxx, it would be the best showing for polio since Franklin Roosevelt.”

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