Republican strategist on the impact of RFK Jr. ending presidential campaign

ABC News’ Phil Lipof speaks with republican strategist Tricia Mclaughlin after RFK Jr. suspends his campaign and endorses former President Donald Trump.

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[hochung]

He's doing the absolutely right thing in showing his love for his country and his offsprings.

[spartan_a]

This is definitely a big advantage for trump for sure

[alanking]

Crooked democrat leaders screwed RFK Jr over

[Loak]

As a democrat and Kennedy supporter, I would NEVER vote for Harris or any other democrat at this moment.

[carlmccoy]

Listen to RFK jr. speech (not this crap) and learn the truth

[ryboss]

With Kennedy working with trump to fight chronic illness and clean food, most RFK voters are and should vote for trump, their strongest policies will get to pass and the policies they disagree with trump will be able to properly be challenged as RFK will have leverage and has already been known to discuss with trump over those issues

Republican and democrat working together
Just like the founding duo of the Republican Party

[billboyd]

When is the first unscripted interview with Kamala? And not asking her favorite sneakers or ice cream flavor.

[merriemerrie]

As Trump supporters, we don't agree with RFK Jr. on all of the issues, but do agree with him on many and think he has much to offer a Trump administration. We believe that America can benefit from the best that RFK has to offer.

[kelvin-ri]

Donald Trump - Former Democrat
Elon Musk - Former Democrat
RFK Jr. - Former Democrat
Tulsi - Former Democrat
Manchin - Former Democrat

Im starting to see a trend here.

[briancase]

Why attack him now? Because he's for Trump. That isn't clear to you? WOW.

[shibumi]

Hey Trish- it's 320, 000, NOT 32, 000 children...

[MikeCee]

Way too many of the RFK supporters have been drinking too much of the “RFK Kool-Aid”. His endorsement of Trump, is a slap in the face, to any previous RFK supporter, who would never vote for Trump.

[dominiccastro]

Way more of RFK voters are going to break for Trump than they are predicting, especially after the debates!

[Krayd-qj]

Idk how anyone could listen to RFK’s speech and then vote for Harris.

[KamikazeJustice]

It seems that RFK jr. would be interested in the Director of Disease Control and Prevention job.

[debbabbit]

You left out the fact that RFK JR is suspending not dropping out which one only knows if one listens to his speech and interviews.

[YouTubeblocks-ixhc]

Yeah she comes from real good campaign wow ABC this is the best Republican strategist you could get is it teenager who doesn't know what she's talking about pretty sad

[EyreEver]

Tricia seems quite young to be advising anyone.

[Manny]

Interesting how you never see a headline like how can Kamala got to be elected to be the democrat nominee without no citizen voting

[DavidHunter-ds]

I would say if RFKjr is interested in participating after the election, there is no shortage of work to do that he would find important and rewarding. With open arms we're honored to have you aboard 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸we hope he continues to campaign with us through the election 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸