Will Andrew Yang join Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ticket as the third-party hopeful’s VP? Probably not, but that apparently hasn’t stopped Kennedy from trying.
Puck News reports that at the end of January, Kennedy called Yang and asked if he would want to be his number two. According to the outlet, Yang was “noncommittal on the call,” and is extremely unlikely to team up with Kennedy for a couple pretty big reasons. For starters, Yang has been a vocal proponent of Dean Phillips, and endorsed the Democratic candidate last month. Then there’s the fact that Kennedy is famously anti-vaccine—and once claimed that Anne Frank had more options than anti-vaxxers—whereas Yang was a major advocate of COVID vaccines and vaccine passports.
According to Puck, though, Kennedy has cast a wide net for a number two, and has been “calling everyone.” And while Yang appears likely to say no, the Kennedy scion very much needs someone to say yes, as a number of states require candidates to have a VP nominee in order to get on the ballot.
In an interview with NBC News that aired on Monday, Kennedy said he would announce a running mate within 30 days. He also said he will not drop out even if polls show him drawing considerable votes from Joe Biden or Donald Trump. “I’m not going to bow out of the race,” he declared. “I think Americans should have a choice—that they shouldn’t be forced to choose the least of two evils. That they should be able to vote in a democracy, or for candidates that they like, that inspire them and who they want to run.”
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