Thu Apr 27, 2023 – 9:39 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Medical freedom advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. criticized the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) decision to place South Carolina ahead of New Hampshire in the 2024 primary elections, a move he says is meant to aid President Joe Biden. He also criticized his party for refusing to hold primary debates.
South Carolina moved ahead of New Hampshire because of its black constituency, at the request of the incumbent Biden, who is expected to fare better in the southern state.
The new primary schedule “puts black voters at the front of the process in South Carolina. It keeps Nevada, where Latinos have been building power… and it adds Michigan, the heartland, where unions built the middle class of this nation. And Georgia, the forefront of the new south,” DNC Chair Jaime Harrison told NBC News.
But Kennedy sees this as a way to protect Biden while hurting other candidates who would benefit from the lower cost of campaigning in a small state like New Hampshire. He also noted that the state has a bloc of independent voters who might be more open to an outsider candidate.
“The DNC,
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