Musk agrees to host presidential debate involving RFK Jr on X – who then calls out Trump and Biden

Elon Musk says that he’ll host a presidential debate involving Robert F Kennedy Jr on X, previously Twitter, forward of the 2024 US elections in November – with the impartial candidate calling on Joe Biden and Donald Trump to affix.

The president, 81, and his 77-year-old predecessor have already agreed to take the stage on 27 June for a highly-anticipated debate on CNN. It marks the earliest-ever basic election debate in a presidential race.

Mr Trump and Mr Biden have additionally agreed to partake ABC’s televised debate on 10 September. There’s a widespread theme among the many two prime-time broadcasts: Mr Kennedy Jr is at present not on the visitor record.

X’s CEO, Mr Musk, began a web-based back-and-forth after asserting that Mr Kennedy Jr “must be within the debate”.

The 70-year-old courted the tech mogul, asking: “Will you host one?” Mr Musk replied: “Positive.” No additional particulars have been introduced.

On Thursday, Mr Kennedy Jr famous that X was the fitting place for a debate to be held, claiming that its viewers dimension is 100-fold that of CNN.

Mr Musk, as soon as once more responding concisely, writing on Thursday morning: “True.”

Now, the ‘We the Individuals’ occasion chief, which he created in January this yr, has referred to as on Mr Trump and Mr Biden to affix him on the social media debate.

“@realDonaldTrump, I do know you’ve acquired the center to do it. Do you wish to name @POTUS or ought to I,?” Mr Kennedy Jr wrote on X on Wednesday. Neither have rsponded to the request.

Whereas Mr Kennedy Jr hasn’t obtained an invitation to the 2 debates set to be broadcast later this yr, it might change if he meets the qualifying threshold for each ABC and CNN.

Guidelines state that he wants to draw 15 per cent help in 4 nationwide polls. He at present has two of the 4 he wants garnering 16 per cent help in each CNN/SSRS and Quinnipiac College polls between 18 and 23 April.

Mr Kennedy Jr would additionally need to have poll entry in sufficient states to theoretically win 270 electoral votes – which he has not amassed.

If the edge was met, Mr Kennedy Jr would change into the primary third-party presidential candidate to affix a debate since 1992, which noticed impartial businessman Ross Perot of Texas tackle Republican George Bush and Democrat Invoice Clinton.

The opportunity of a 3rd contender becoming a member of the talk has raised tensions in each events’ camps.

Mr Trump advised Mr Kennedy Jr, who’s the nephew of America’s thirty fifth president John F Kennedy, that he can’t simply get within the debate for his title.

Mr Trump mentioned he had “no drawback” with Mr Kennedy Jr becoming a member of the talk. Nevertheless, “Junior’ wants greater than his title to get on the ‘stage!,’” he  wrote on his Reality Social platform.

In a memo earlier this month, Mr Biden’s marketing campaign stipulated that the debates must be restricted to simply the president and the presumptive Republican nominee.