LOS ANGELES, CA—JUNE 28, 2024—Last night, the Kennedy campaign gave Americans the debate they deserved, a debate with the three top presidential candidates — Trump, Biden, and Kennedy.
The Real Debate, powered by X and already viewed by more than 9 million people, was broadcast from a studio in Los Angeles with a live audience of more than 200 people. It aired at the same time as the CNN debate but The Real Debate included Kennedy answering the questions too, moderated by renowned journalist John Stossel.
The response from viewers was tremendous. From “After that, I declare this man my president” to “Kennedy is the only one who is capable of cleaning things up for our nation” to “This guy is the only choice,” the internet and airways were buzzing with praise for Kennedy’s performance during last night’s debate.
During his opening remarks, Kennedy explained how his exclusion from the CNN debate stage has been widely decried as an act of collusion between two establishment parties terrified of being held to their records and a cable news channel willing to compromise journalistic integrity to secure a multi-million dollar payday.
Kennedy said, The Real Debate “is important for our democracy because Americans feel like the system is rigged. This is exactly the kind of merger of state and corporate power that I’m running to oppose.”
During his closing remarks, Kennedy said:
“Day one in office, I’m going to issue an executive order saying any federal official who tells a lie to the American public will lose his job. I’m going to stop the surveillance state. I’m going to stop the propagandizing by our agencies of the American public. I’m going to unravel the war machine. I’m going to unravel the corrupt merger of state and corporate power.
“If you want everything to change, you’ll support me. If you want to vote out of fear, you need to support one of those guys. If you want to vote out of hope, out of inspiration, out of pride in your country, out of restoring the moral backbone of our people and our nation, you should vote for me.”
In response to last night’s CNN debate, Kennedy said:
“We have 341 million people in this country and to think those are the best two candidates the political parties can come up with is depressing.
“Last night was a disaster for President Biden. I think people saw how frail he was and even the hardcore Democrats have lost faith that he can even win the election or more importantly, that he can run the country. He seemed very confused.
“It’s scary to think that he’s going to get the call at 3 in the morning, maybe, that we all dread, and he has 6 minutes to make a decision that will affect the lives of everybody on this planet.”
It’s important to note that CNN’s debate broke historical precedent. It was the:
- first time in American history that a general election debate has been owned and controlled by a for-profit corporation.
- first time since the inaugural presidential debate in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon where not a single voter will be present at the presidential debate.
- earliest in a presidential election year in history and the first time prior to the DNC and RNC nominating conventions.
- first presidential debate since 1988 that the Commission on Presidential Debates has not sponsored.
- first-ever debate between a sitting president and a former president.
- matchup of the two oldest candidates in U.S. history.
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