A review of FEC records by Politico reveals that a large majority of donors to Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign did not contribute to any presidential candidates during the last two cycles but out of those who did in 2020, significantly more gave to disgraced former President Trump than did Joe Biden in 2020: Nearly $2 million from 2,100 donors to Donald vs $1.4 million from 1,700 donors.
While it’s not an apocalyptic warning sign for Trump given the net difference – indeed Matt Gaetz may be on to something when he tells Politico “Oftentimes people can donate to someone that they’re not even voting for just to see their argument platforms. We’ve seen those calls among the sort of junior varsity slate of Republicans seeking the nomination, so I’m not as concerned” – it does absolutely underscore how badly the MAGA propaganda machine self-owned by spending the better part of a year hyping Bobby Jr. “When Kennedy goes out there and runs against that establishment, he has to appreciate it probably ends up splitting votes off from President Trump,” said JD Vance, as if RFK Jr himself hasn’t almost literally already said exactly the same, no “probably” about it.