RFK Jr. – still running in Michigan and Wisconsin – pleads ‘DON’T VOTE FOR ME’

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pleaded with voters to “DON’T VOTE FOR ME” — hours after the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal to remove him from the ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Kennedy dropped out of the presidential race and supported the candidate from the Republican Partyformer President Donald Trump, in August. However, his name remained on the ballot in several key states, including the Midwest blue wall states of Michigan and Wisconsin.

Attempts by the former candidate to withdraw from the ballot were blocked by the secretaries of state in both states, both of whom are Democrats. Supreme Courts of both Michigan and Wisconsin both upheld the decision in September, keeping his name on the ballot.

Kennedy again appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, arguing that the decision violated his First Amendment rights. But the high court dismissed both emergency appeals without comment. Only Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented, and only in the case of Michigan’s petition.

In anger statement posted on social media, Kennedy called the decision to keep him on the ballot “purely a political move in the hope that people who would otherwise have voted for Trump will throw their vote away by voting for me.”

Kennedy was able to remove himself from the North Carolina ballot after the state’s Supreme Court overturned a ruling that kept him on the list narrow 4-3 votes.

At the beginning of this year, the Supreme Court rejected another appeal from Kennedy on access to ballots; however, this time the ex-Democrat still tried to get to the polls in some states.

In August, Kennedy was not allowed to vote in New York state after a judge found he was not living at the Westchester County address he listed as his residence. Kennedy appealed the decision to the high court, which also denied his request without comment in September.

Meanwhile, millions of voters in the Midwest have already returned ballots with Kennedy’s name on them. Early voting began in Wisconsin last Tuesday, and a week later, nearly a million voters have already cast their ballots, a local station reported. Fox 6 Milwaukee reported Another 2 million voted in Michigan, the Wolverine State Department of State said on Tuesday.